Speeding motorcyclist critically hurt on the Lodge, MSP says

DETROIT (FOX 2) - Michigan State Police said a speeding motorcyclist was critically hurt early Sunday morning when he was speeding and crashed his motorcycle on The Lodge.

MSP troopers were dispatched to the single-vehicle crash on The Lodge at Wyoming Ave in Detroit around 1:30 Sunday morning.

According to First Lt. Mike Shaw, the 36-year-old Dearborn Man was speeding when he crashed his motorcycle. Detroit EMS were on scene and helping the man, who was unresponsive and taken to the hospital with critical injuries.

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The freeway was closed for the investigation. Shaw is warning all drivers to slow down, especially those on two wheels.

"We know that excessive speed is causing a lot of the preventable crashes we are seeing in Metro Detroit. If you operate a motorcycle at excessive speed and crash the outcome can be far worse as you are without protection. Please slow down!"