2 critically injured after Jeep slams into broken down van on Lodge Freeway
DETROIT (FOX 2) - Two occupants in a disabled vehicle sustained critical head injuries after another vehicle crashed into the rear of the vehicle on the highway.
A traffic crash was reported to Michigan State Police while troopers were en-route to the location of a vehicle that was blocking the right lane of the Lodge Freeway.
The call came in around 1:25 a.m. on M-10 near Hamilton in Detroit.
As troopers were traveling to the location, the Detroit Regional Communication Center got another call that a vehicle had struck another vehicle.
A preliminary investigation from police found a Jeep Wrangler was traveling in the right lane when it slammed into the back of a Honda Odyssey that had become disabled and wasn't moving.
After the impact, the Jeep came to a rest in the right lane and the Honda in the left lane, north of the crash site.
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The crash closed the freeway for an investigation.
The status of the driver in the Jeep is unknown.