WATERTOWN TWP. — A 48-year-old woman died Sept. 17 in a chain reaction crash involving at least three semitrailers along Interstate 96 in southern Clinton County.
Deputies with the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the multi-vehicle crash, near Grand River Avenue, at about 11:46 a.m., according to a statement posted on the agency’s Facebook page.
An initial investigation showed that traffic was stopped in the area when an eastbound semitrailer that a 34-year-old Texas man was driving rear-ended a passenger vehicle, “starting a chain reaction type crash with two more semi tractor trailers also being struck,” Lt. Dan Spitzley said in the release.
First responders declared the 48-year-old driver of the passenger vehicle, who was alone her the vehicle, dead at the scene. She was from the Portland area, Spitzley said.
A 65-year-old Georgia man driving a semitrailer was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and a 34-year-old Detroit area man driving another semitrailer was not injured.
Police did not indicate whether the driver of the semi that struck the woman’s vehicle was injured.
An investigation continues.
The sheriff’s office said it was assisted by the Delta Township Fire Department, Michigan State Police, DeWitt Township police, Eaton County Sheriff’s Office, Clinton County Central Dispatch and the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Contact editor Susan Vela at svela@lsj.com or 248-873-7044. Follow her on Twitter @susanvela.
This article originally appeared on Lansing State Journal: 1 dead in I-96 chain reaction crash near Lansing
Reporting by Susan Vela, Lansing State Journal / Lansing State Journal
USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect
