WAYNE COUNTY, MI – A Michigan State Police trooper is in critical condition and a woman is dead following a crash on I-75 northbound in Lincoln Park on Sept. 13.

The accident occurred around 8:30 a.m. when a Ford Explorer struck a Michigan State Police patrol vehicle while it was stopping a motorist.

The officer, whose condition is now life-threatening, was sitting in the vehicle when it was struck by the Ford Explorer and pushed into the rear of the semi-trailer, which had originally stopped.

The officer was freed from the vehicle using rescue shears and taken to DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital.

The driver of the Ford Explorer was taken to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Michigan State Police said in a news release that the Ford Explorer struck the median wall before continuing down the highway and hitting the patrol vehicle.

The driver of the semi-trailer was not injured.

The incident is under investigation.

“We ask that you continue to keep the officer and his family in your prayers. As more information becomes available, we will update you,” Michigan State Police wrote in a press release.

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