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Chopper video: Passenger killed after driver hits tow truck working on the Lodge Freeway in Detroit

A woman was killed early Monday morning after the vehicle she was riding in reportedly crashed into a tow truck on the Lodge Freeway near I-75. A tow truck was said to be assisting a broken down vehicle on the right shoulder of the Lodge Freeway (M-10). The tow truck was partially blocking the right lane of the freeway, but had emergency lights activated, police said. The driver of a Monte Carlo reportedly struck the back left corner of the tow truck with his vehicle. A 36-year-old woman passenger was killed in the crash. The driver and the tow truck operator were not injured, police said. Above is chopper footage taken from the scene hours after the crash.