Detroit woman charged in I-75 crash that killed 4-year-old son
Shaniqua Lashauntae Baskins is charged with involuntary manslaughter and second-degree child abuse.
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Shaniqua Lashauntae Baskins is charged with involuntary manslaughter and second-degree child abuse.
Michigan State Police say the crash happened around 7:10 p.m. Tuesday on southbound I-75 near Baker Road.
Michigan State Police say the accident happened around 5:43 a.m. Tuesday on northbound I-75 near the Huron River Drive exit.
The Michigan Department of Transportation first reported the crash around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
The 53-year-old road worker from Lincoln Park was taken to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
Police say the 38-year-old from Ovid, Michigan, was taken into custody pending prosecutor review.
A Michigan State Police trooper was injured, and a 38-year-old woman died in a crash on I-75 Friday morning.
Four people were killed, and another was critically injured, after a wrong-way crash in Metro Detroit early Sunday, police said.
A Michigan man was arrested after he allegedly assaulted a woman while driving on I-75 early Friday.
An emergency medical services vehicle rolled over after sideswiping another vehicle on a Detroit freeway ramp Tuesday, state police said.
The sheriff's office says speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.
A 19-year-old man was arrested on the charges of felonious assault and carrying a concealed weapon after the road rage incident. He did not have a CPL and was found with two guns.
Authorities say traffic was backed up due to another crash when the driver rear-ended a vehicle and struck a semi-truck.
Police are investigating a vehicle crash that killed a 4-year-old boy on Monday on Interstate 75 in Detroit.
The woman was arrested for impaired driving. Charges are pending.
State police are investigating after two separate crashes happened on southbound I-75 at Schaefer Monday morning.
A Macomb County man, 26, died Thursday morning after multiple crashes on southbound I-75 near 8 Mile Road.
The traffic shift planned to happen this weekend on I-75 between Ortonville Road and Oakland-Genesee County will not happen due to "unforeseen delays."
A 56-year-old Brownstown Township woman is dead after she was struck along I-75 by a wrong-way driver.
A road rage shooting on northbound I-75 is under investigation, Michigan State Police said.
Two people have died after a vehicle crash involving a semi-tractor Tuesday on northbound Interstate 75 in Detroit, according to Michigan State Police.
An 18-year-old woman was killed, and three other people were injured in a vehicle crash Wednesday on Interstate 75 in Auburn Hills.
The Michigan Department of Transportation is rolling out carpool lanes on I-75 from Eight Mile Road to South Boulevard.
Tamera Williams, 44, is accused of killing her boyfriend in Melvindale in 2018 and dismembering his body. She has been put on the U.S. Marshals Service Top 15 Most Wanted list, and a $25,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to her arrest.
An intoxicated driver passed out behind the wheel on I-75 last week and was arrested after state police discovered he had a gun without a valid concealed pistol license.
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