Rollover crash kills 56-year-old woman on I-96 in Lyon Twp.
State police: Rollover crash kills 56-year-old woman on I-96 in Lyon Twp.
Michigan State Police's inital investigation says the woman was driving recklessly and her vehicle rolled after she lost control on the roadway.
A 56-year-old woman died after a rollover crash on eastbound I-96 in Lyon Township, Michigan State Police said.
At 2:50 p.m. on Saturday, MSP troopers were dispatched to Old Plank Road. They saw several people and Lyon Township EMS personnel at the scene attempting to resuscitate the driver, MSP said in a series of tweets.
The driver, however, died on the scene.
An inital MSP investigation says the woman reportedly was driving recklessly in traffic and her vehicle rolled after she lost control on the roadway. She struck the right embankment under the Old Plank overpass, MSP said, and was ejected from her vehicle.
"She was driving too fast, lost control and the vehicle rolled. She had been driving in and out of traffic, then lost control," MSP Lt. Michael Shaw told Hometown Life. "We are trying now to see if she was wearing a seat belt. She was ejected, but there was a lot of damage to the vehicle — the seat belt could have snapped."
Her family has reportedly been notified.
One lane of eastbound I-96 was shutdown while authorities investigated the accident.