HOLLY (WWJ) — An investigation is ongoing after a weekend crash in an I-75 construction zone in Northern Oakland County left one person dead and injured three others.
It all began around 1:15 p.m. Saturday, April 13, when Michigan State Police responded to what was described as "a minor four-car hit-and-run crash" on northbound I-75, south of Holly Road.
Four people who were involved in the initial crash got out of their vehicles to exchange information, standing in the middle of the roadway, according to MSP.
While they were out of their cars, another driver slammed into the back of one of the cars involved in the initial crash, MSP officials said.
That caused a "chain reaction" in which three people from the first crash, now considered pedestrians on the freeway, were hit, MSP officials said. One of them, a 24-year-old from Alpena, was pronounced dead at the scene.
MSP officials say one pedestrian suffered a compound fracture and was treated by troopers on scene with a tourniquet before being taken to the hospital.
A third pedestrian suffered minor injuries, while the driver that hit the crashed vehicles was also taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to MSP.
"Please remember to move your vehicles out of travel lanes if possible. If they can't be moved, stay in your car with your seatbelt fastened. Call 911 and we will help make the area safe and get you off the roadway," MSP First Lt. Mike Shaw said on X, formerly Twitter.
MSP officials say the second crash investigation remains ongoing and will be forwarded to the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office once it is completed.
It was not immediately clear if the driver of the first reported hit-and-run crash had been identified.
Monday marks the start of National Work Zone Awareness Week, with officials urging drivers to take more caution while passing through construction zones.
