TROY, Mich. – A crash involving a drunk driver caused a car fire and freeway closure this past weekend in Troy.
The crash left southbound I-75 shutdown north of Rochester Road for an hour Saturday evening. Officers were dispatched about 7 p.m. to southbound I-75 near Maple Road after learning about the crash.
After investigating police concluded the at-fault driver had rear-ended another vehicle, forcing both into the median guardrail before spinning back across the freeway onto the shoulder.
A witness pulled the at-fault driver from the burning vehicle before police arrived. The driver who appeared to be intoxicated is a 53-year-old man from Hamtramck, police said.
He told police he had "two beers" and was at a funeral. The driver was later transported to Royal Oak Beaumont for treatment.
The driver has not been arraigned.