By Kara Berg The Detroit News
A 57-year-old Fenton woman died and five others were seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash that occurred on Interstate 96 in Lyon Township early on New Year’s Day.
The Fenton woman was a backseat passenger in a Ford Explorer that rear ended a Chevrolet Trax driven by a 30-year-old Ypsilanti man that was stopped in the second lane of westbound I-96, east of the South Hill Road overpass, with only its hazard lights on at 3:09 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.
The Explorer ended up facing east in the westbound lanes and was struck head-on by a 75-year-old Leslie woman driving a Jeep Compass. The Explorer caught fire after the second crash, but all occupants got out before flames broke out.
The living occupants of the Explorer are in serious or critical conditions, according to the sheriff’s office. The driver and his wife, who was in the front passenger seat, are in serious condition and the second rear passenger, the husband of the Fenton woman who died at the scene, is in critical condition.
The 30-year-old Trax driver is in stable condition and the 75-year-old Compass driver is in critical condition, according to the sheriff’s office.
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