State Police Release Name Of Trucker Killed In I-275 Crash
CANTON TWP. (WWJ/AP) - State police have released the name of a tanker driver killed when his truck slammed into the back of a road commission vehicle in Wayne County's Canton Township.
Police said Friday that 37-year-old John Sakofske was from Holly.
The accident happened around 2 p.m. Thursday on southbound I-275 just south of Michigan Avenue. State police say Sakofske had passed one county road commission truck that was on the shoulder before striking a second truck that was stopped in the freeway's right lane. He was killed instantly.
Police say arrow boards on both road commission vehicles were activated.
The driver of the road commission truck was taken as a precaution to an area hospital.
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