DETROIT – A man was killed Tuesday morning when a vehicle he was driving crashed into a tree along Warwick Avenue.
A witness said the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed on Warwick Avenue. It crashed into a tree and burst into flames about 5 a.m. near Warren Avenue, about a mile west of the Southfield Freeway.
The witness also said a Detroit police vehicle was behind the vehicle that crashed but the police vehicle did not have its lights or sirens activated. It did not appear to be a chase.
Detroit police said officers saw the car traveling at a high rate of speed and were going to initiate a traffic stop but the car hit the tree.
Investigators are trying to figure out why the vehicle was traveling at such a high rate of speed before crashing.
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