FARMINGTON HILLS (WWJ) — Michigan State Police officials are reminding drivers to move over for emergency vehicles after a patrol car was hit Thursday morning.
It happened shortly before 9 a.m. on northbound I-275 near 10 Mile Road, while a trooper from the Metro North Post was investigating a previous crash, according to MSP.
The trooper from the Metro North Post was sitting in the patrol car, parked on the left shoulder of the freeway near 10 Mile, when their car was hit by a 23-year-old Dearborn man driving a Jeep Liberty.
MSP First Lt. Mike Shaw said the patrol car had its emergency lights on and was all the way over on the left shoulder when the crash happened.
Shaw said the at-fault driver was going too fast for the icy road conditions.
Both the patrol car and the Jeep sustained minor damage.
The trooper sustained minor injuries and was treated and released, according to Shaw. The other driver was not injured.
“This is just another example of drivers failing to move over for emergency vehicles and driving too fast,” Shaw said.
While officials did not say whether the Dearborn man will face any charges, Michigan's “move over” law “requires drivers to slow down and move over for stationary authorized vehicles with flashing, rotating, or oscillating lights activated.”