WAYNE COUNTY (WWJ) - One Detroit teen was declared dead by authorities after a semi-tractor trailer hit the man on I-275 near Canton in the overnight hours on Friday night.
Michigan State Police said the fatal crash happened on the southbound side of I-275 at Ford Road in Canton Township around. Troopers were first contacted by the Canton Police Department and notified of the crash around 11:20 p.m.
According to MSP, three occupants of one vehicle were involved in a single-car crash on the northbound side of I-275. The trio got out of the vehicle and attempted to cross the southbound lanes of I-275 when a semi-tractor trailer traveling south struck and killed one of the occupants, an 18-year-old man from Detroit.
The driver of the semi-truck stopped at the scene and Canton Police found the two other occupants close by.
An investigation into the fatal crash closed the freeway for two hours; the investigation remains ongoing and no other details were released by authorities.