DETROIT – A 23-year-old driver is dead and a 30-year-old passenger is in critical condition after a crash Sunday morning on the southbound Lodge Freeway near Wyoming in Detroit.
Michigan State Police are investigating a crash that happened just before 8 a.m. Investigators say a car traveling at a high rate of speed failed to move over and crashed into a construction vehicle on the Lodge Freeway near Wyoming.
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No one was inside the construction vehicle at the time of the crash. The 23-year-old driver died at the scene. The passenger, a 30-year-old man from Southfield, was transported to a local hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw addressed the crash in a statement.
“This is a sad reminder of the dangers of excessive speed on our roadways,” Shaw said.
Construction workers on scene watched the car speed down the freeway but were not struck. Diane Cross with the Michigan Department of Transportation said the crew was performing catch basin cleanup at the time.
Cross stressed the importance of slowing down and giving workers space to do their jobs safely.
“We are out working on the side of the road only protected by the flashing lights, the hard hats, the vests, and we really need drivers to pay attention,” Cross said.
Southbound lanes in the area remained closed as of the time of this posting while investigators worked the scene.