Overview
- Investigators say a speeding car in a southbound work zone near Wyoming struck the rear of an unoccupied construction vehicle Sunday morning on the Lodge Freeway.
- The 23-year-old driver died at the scene, and a 30-year-old passenger from Southfield was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.
- Construction workers, who were setting cones for a lane closure that blocked the left and middle lanes, were not hit during the crash.
- Michigan State Police worked the scene and briefly closed southbound lanes while the crash remained under investigation.
- F/Lt. Mike Shaw urged drivers to slow down, move over, and use the zipper merge as National Work Zone Awareness Week begins, stressing that safer choices protect road crews and motorists.