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Wrong-way driver hits four vehicles, causes crash on US-23 in Washtenaw County

Four hospitalized after wrong-way crash on US-23 in Washtenaw County
Four hospitalized after wrong-way crash on US-23 in Washtenaw County 00:34
US-23 wrong-way driver crash
Michigan State Police

WASHTENAW COUNTY, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Four people are hospitalized after a crash that happened during a police chase along US-23 in Washtenaw County.

Michigan State Police responded to a report of a wrong-way driver traveling northbound on southbound US-23 near Dundee around 8 a.m. Tuesday. Troopers say the driver hit several vehicles in Monroe County while continuing in the wrong direction on southbound US-23. 

The driver, a 38-year-old Plymouth man driving a 2008 Ford Edge, then struck four vehicles near Willis Road in Ypsilanti.  

Troopers say alcohol/drugs are a suspected factor in the crash. 

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