DETROIT (WXYZ) — A 38-year-old Detroit woman was killed in a crash involving a wrong-way driver in Detroit, which closed a portion of Southbound I-75 near Rosa Parks Boulevard, according to Michigan State Police.
Troopers first started hearing reports of a wrong-way driver heading northbound in the southbound lanes of I-75 near Rosa Parks Boulevard around 4 a.m. All southbound lanes of I-75 were closed from Grand River to Rosa Parks Boulevard for most of the morning, but reopened as of 11:30 a.m.
Two vehicles were involved. One was driven by the woman who died. Police have not yet released her name. The other vehicle was driven by the suspect, a suspected wrong-way driver who is being treated for injuries at a local hospital. Officers have not yet released the identity of the suspect.
Police have not yet released which vehicles each driver was driving.
The crash investigation continues, but police say they have not yet identified any contributing factors that may have caused the driver to travel the wrong way on the freeway.
