A player who was waived by the Detroit Lions over the weekend is accused of causing a head-on crash hours earlier while driving intoxicated on the wrong side of a highway, according to officials.

The scene of a Feb. 7, 2021, fatal crash at Belleville and Ecorse roads in Van Buren Township. VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A teenager was killed and four other people were taken to a hospital after a head-on crash in Van Buren Township, police said. Officials with Van Buren Township Public Safety said the two-car crash happened around 6:25 p.m. Sunday (Feb. 7) on Belleville Road, south of Ecorse Road. A 19-year-old Van Buren Township resident, who was riding as a passenger in the G6, was killed in the crash, authorities said. The Van Buren Township Accident Investigation Team is investigating the crash.