ST. CLAIR SHORES, MI -- A head-on crash with a freeway support column left two people dead in St. Clair Shores Saturday morning, police said.
At about 2:55 a.m. Oct. 1, Michigan State Police troopers were dispatched to the area of the eastbound I-94 freeway near Stephens Road in St. Clair Shores for a reported vehicle crash.
A Ford F-150 truck was heading eastbound on I-94 when the driver began gradually leaving the roadway to the right, police said.
The truck was driven up a roadside embankment before it hit the Stephens Road overpass support column head-on, police said.
The vehicle caught fire soon after, as two occupants were trapped inside, police said. Both occupants were pronounced dead when troopers arrived at the scene.
Further information about the victims, including their names, has not yet been released by police.
An investigation into this crash is still underway, police said. It is still unknown what caused the driver to leave the roadway.
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