Detroit I-75 freeway pileup that killed 3 involved 43 vehicles in 12 separate crashes

Chain-reaction wreck happens Jan. 31 - scene stretched for mile

Published On: Feb 06 2013 01:37:11 PM EST
Massive crash shuts down I-75 at Springwells
DETROIT -

A chain-reaction wreck last week that killed three people on a slick Detroit freeway during a sudden snow squall involved 43 vehicles in a dozen separate crashes.

Michigan State Police continue to reconstruct Thursday's accidents along southbound Interstate 75 on Detroit's southwest side. The pileups included cars, SUVs and semi-trailers.

SPECIAL COVERAGE: Deadly I-75 crash

Massive crash shuts down I-75 at Springwells

Police say the two crashes that claimed the lives of 9-year-old Gabrielle Greenwood of Windsor, Ontario, and her 7-year-old stepbrother Aidan Hicks, and the wreck that resulted in the death of 54-year-old Larry Manolis of Allen Park still were being investigated.

Menlaos "Larry" Manolis

--Larry Manolis

More than a dozen people also were injured.

The adult driver and a third child in the car from Canada were released Tuesday from a Detroit hospital. A woman in the car was in serious condition.

IMAGES: I-75 crash caused by massive whiteout

Published On: Jan 31 2013 10:34:29 AM EST   Updated On: Jan 31 2013 01:59:21 PM EST

A whiteout is being blamed for a massive accident on southbound I-75 at Springwells Street Thursday morning.

Massive crash shuts down I-75 at Springwells
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Michigan State Police said two people are dead, 20 people are hurt and dozens of cars crushed in a massive crash that has closed a portion of I-75 in Detroit.

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