Two sisters from Richmond were in this Toyota Prius driving behind their father’s vehicle when they were hit by a woman who crossed the median on I-75 in Bagley Township.

Dont be so quick to call a crash an accident. When a traffic crash is described as an accident, it implies that no one bears responsibility for the outcome, MDOT said. Lt. Derrick Carroll, public information officer for Michigan State Police Seventh District, said in his experience most crashes stem from driver behavior. It has since come to be used as an equivalent term for crash to absolve drivers as well, according to MDOT. While an Associated Press Stylebook 2016 revision says accident and crash are generally acceptable descriptions for vehicle crashes, it does recommend that journalists use crash, collision, or other terms and avoid using accident in auto crash reporting, particularly in cases when negligence is claimed or proven.