DETROIT (WWJ) -- A motorcyclist from Macomb County is dead after an early morning freeway crash in Detroit.
Northbound I-75 was closed for several hours at the Lodge Freeway during the Thursday morning rush, as police investigated the incident.
Michigan State Police said troopers responded on scene, just after 2 a.m. where a motorcycle driver was rear-ended by a Chevy Trailblazer, near Grand River Ave.
MSP said the motorcyclist lost control and crashed, and the Trailblazer driver also lost control and rolled over.
The motorcyclist, since identified as a 30-year-old Sterling Heights resident, was taken to a hospital where he as pronounced dead. Police said he was not wearing a helmet.
The Trailblazer driver, identified as a 20-year-old Warren man, declined medical treatment.
The investigation is ongoing.
The freeway has since reopened.
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