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Police investigating crash that left 2 dead in Detroit

Crash Detroit - Fri 3/31 am
Posted at 5:50 AM, Mar 31, 2023
and last updated 2023-03-31 15:12:16-04

DETROIT, MI (WXYZ) — According to Cpl. Dan Donakowski of the Detroit Police Public Information Unit, two men are dead following a crash at Gunston and Wilfred. The incident happened around 3:10 a.m. Friday morning.

Donakowski says he cannot confirm that this was a police pursuit, but he does say that police attempted to make a traffic stop minutes before the crash. That was in the area of E. 7 Mile and Hoover and they say that vehicle fled the scene eventually crashing into a semi at the Gunston and Wilfred location.

Police say the vehicle the two men were in was stolen. The driver of the semi-truck was uninjured in the crash.

An investigation is ongoing.