BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. – A Livonia man died Monday afternoon after being ejected from a semi-truck in a crash on I-94.
First responders were sent to the traffic crash on I-94 near the Indiana state line on March 24, 2025, just before 4:30 p.m. When they arrived, they learned a semi-truck heading eastbound on I-94 crossed the cable barriers and struck another semi-truck traveling westbound.
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The Berrien County Sheriff’s Office said the impact of the crash was so significant that the driver in the semi-trick heading eastbound was ejected along with the driver’s seat. The driver, identified as 45-year-old Jeffrey Oneal from Livonia, was found on the roadway next to the truck unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the semi-truck heading westbound was not injured, authorities said.
According to a driver who witnessed the crash, she told authorities she noticed Oneal was experiencing some type of distress and having trouble maintaining his lane while she was passing the truck heading eastbound on I-94. She said when she slowed down to get behind the truck, it abruptly turned left and crossed all three lanes of traffic and the median through the cable barriers. The sheriff’s office said the truck narrowly missed a car heading westbound but hit a semi-truck on westbound I-94.
Authorities said the investigation into the crash is ongoing, pending an autopsy to determine any medical issues that led to the crash.
