Police release ages, hometowns of victims in I-75 wrong-way crash in Royal Oak

Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press
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Police have released ages and hometowns of the victims in an early Sunday morning wrong-way crash on Interstate 75 in Royal Oak that killed four people and critically injured a fifth.

At about 2:50 a.m. Sunday, the Detroit Regional Communications Center began receiving calls of a wrong-way driver in a Volkswagen, driving north in the southbound lanes of I-75, MSP said. Callers then reported the Volkswagen had hit a Dodge Caravan near 11 Mile Road.

MSP gave more information on the victims on Monday. Three people in the Dodge Caravan — a 34-year-old male from Troy, a 54-year-old male from Mexico and 71- year-old male from Mexico — and the driver of the Volkswagen — a 29-year-old male from Oak Park — were all pronounced dead on the scene, MSP said. Another passenger from the Caravan, a 31-year-old female from Troy, remains hospitalized and is expected to survive.

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The medical examiner has completed the initial examination and is waiting on toxicology and other reports. Authorities are continuing to investigate where the at-fault driver may have entered the freeway.

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