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(CBS DETROIT) — Two people were killed in a wrong-way crash in Troy on Tuesday morning, police say. 

The crash happened around 8:41 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, on westbound West Long Lake Road at Northfield Parkway. 

Police say a 53-year-old Bloomfield Hills man was driving a 2008 Saab 97X eastbound on W. Long Lake Road in the westbound lanes when he struck a 2012 Dodge Caravan, driven by a 70-year-old Sterling Heights man, head-on. 

Emergency crews arrived at the scene quickly, but despite their best efforts, both men were pronounced dead at the scene. 

The cause of the crash remains under investigation. 

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