Saturday, March 14, 2015

NOT EVEN HIGHWAY CRUISERS ARE SPARED: MICHIGAN STATE POLICE CRUISER WAS REAR-ENDED WHILE ATTENDING ANOTHER CRASH; 2 HURT





MARCH 12, 2015

HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN (WWJ/AP)

A state police cruiser was involved in a crash in Hamtramck.

Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw said an MSP trooper and a dispatcher trainee on a ride-along were both injured, Thursday afternoon, in an accident along southbound I-75 at Caniff.

According to Shaw, the trooper and his passenger — a woman — were on the left shoulder, policing another crash that took place earlier — when the driver of another car in the left lane drove onto the left shoulder and struck the patrol car.

Shaw said a distracted driver drove onto the left shoulder of I- 75 and slammed into the back of the parked police car. The trooper and dispatcher-in-training were taken to a local hospital and the trooper was later released.

@WWJ950 state trooper hits wall i75/caniff. pic.twitter.com/rigDq8VAi3
— John (@JohnSerwach) March 12, 2015

Investigators say the driver, who wasn’t hurt, was going about 70 mph when he struck the patrol car on a stretch of the freeway in the enclave of Hamtramck. He’s being questioned.

Southbound I-75 was closed at Caniff following the crash, but has since reopened to traffic.

No names have been released.