CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – One person was killed and two were injured in a head-on crash between SUVs in Lenawee County.
The crash happened around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, on Tecumseh-Clinton Highway, near Allen Road, in Clinton Township (Lenawee County).
Michigan State Police troopers said a silver GMC Terrain was heading north on Tecumseh-Clinton Highway when it was struck by a southbound blue Jeep Wrangler.
The 72-year-old Clinton Township man driving the GMC was killed in the crash. His passenger, a 75-year-old Clinton Township woman, was flown to University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor in critical condition.
Officials said the 38-year-old Tecumseh woman driving the Jeep was taken to U of M Hospital with minor injuries.
She is cooperating with the investigation, police said.
Alcohol is believed to have been a factor in the crash, according to Michigan State Police.
Tecumseh-Clinton Highway was shut down near Allen Road for several hours while troopers investigated the crash.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Michigan State Police at 734-242-3500.
