Four people were killed and 17 others injured late Saturday after a semitruck crashed into more than a dozen vehicles backed up on Interstate 96 in southeastern Michigan, according to state police.
Traffic on I-96 near Webberville had been temporarily stopped Saturday as utility crews were completed work on power lines in the area. A semitruck with a trailer was heading westbound around 11:45 p.m. and crashed into the stalled vehicles.
“It appears the driver of the semi-truck did not see the backup and could not stop his vehicle in time,” Michigan State Police said in a statement on the social media platform X.
The impact caused the semitruck and several vehicles to catch fire. Police said more than a dozen vehicles were involved in the crash
