DETROIT, MI : 3 dead following crash on Interstate 75 in Detroit on Wednesday, January 4th 2017

State police say three people have died following a crash involving a wrong-way driver on Interstate 75 in Detroit.

Police say the two-vehicle crash happened early Wednesday along southbound I-75, near the I-94 exit, and at least one of the vehicles burned.

According to police, two other people were taken to hospitals for treatment. Police earlier said that three people were among the injured.

Police say the freeway was reopened for the morning rush hour period after being closed for several hours as police were on the scene.

Police say the driver of the one of the vehicles who was killed was 34-year-old Leeanna Custard of New Baltimore. Two passengers killed in another vehicle were identified as 23-year-old Karl Hawkins of Pontiac and 21-year-old Elijah Holden of Auburn Hills.

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3 dead following crash on Interstate 75 in Detroit