Detroit woman charged in I-75 crash that killed 4-year-old son
Shaniqua Lashauntae Baskins is charged with involuntary manslaughter and second-degree child abuse.
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Shaniqua Lashauntae Baskins is charged with involuntary manslaughter and second-degree child abuse.
Michigan State Police say the crash happened around 7:10 p.m. Tuesday on southbound I-75 near Baker Road.
Michigan State Police say the accident happened around 5:43 a.m. Tuesday on northbound I-75 near the Huron River Drive exit.
The Michigan Department of Transportation first reported the crash around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
The 53-year-old road worker from Lincoln Park was taken to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
Police say the 38-year-old from Ovid, Michigan, was taken into custody pending prosecutor review.
A Michigan State Police trooper was injured, and a 38-year-old woman died in a crash on I-75 Friday morning.
Four people were killed, and another was critically injured, after a wrong-way crash in Metro Detroit early Sunday, police said.
A Michigan man was arrested after he allegedly assaulted a woman while driving on I-75 early Friday.
An emergency medical services vehicle rolled over after sideswiping another vehicle on a Detroit freeway ramp Tuesday, state police said.
The sheriff's office says speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.
A 19-year-old man was arrested on the charges of felonious assault and carrying a concealed weapon after the road rage incident. He did not have a CPL and was found with two guns.
Authorities say traffic was backed up due to another crash when the driver rear-ended a vehicle and struck a semi-truck.
Police are investigating a vehicle crash that killed a 4-year-old boy on Monday on Interstate 75 in Detroit.
The woman was arrested for impaired driving. Charges are pending.
State police are investigating after two separate crashes happened on southbound I-75 at Schaefer Monday morning.
A Macomb County man, 26, died Thursday morning after multiple crashes on southbound I-75 near 8 Mile Road.
The traffic shift planned to happen this weekend on I-75 between Ortonville Road and Oakland-Genesee County will not happen due to "unforeseen delays."
A 56-year-old Brownstown Township woman is dead after she was struck along I-75 by a wrong-way driver.
A road rage shooting on northbound I-75 is under investigation, Michigan State Police said.
Two people have died after a vehicle crash involving a semi-tractor Tuesday on northbound Interstate 75 in Detroit, according to Michigan State Police.
An 18-year-old woman was killed, and three other people were injured in a vehicle crash Wednesday on Interstate 75 in Auburn Hills.
The Michigan Department of Transportation is rolling out carpool lanes on I-75 from Eight Mile Road to South Boulevard.
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An intoxicated driver passed out behind the wheel on I-75 last week and was arrested after state police discovered he had a gun without a valid concealed pistol license.
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