DETROIT – Westbound express lanes of I-96 were shut down Thursday in Wayne County for about two hours as police investigated a road rage incident.
The freeway was closed at the Southfield Freeway (M-39). Local lanes were open. The freeway was reopened just before 5 p.m.
There were several Michigan State Police vehicles on the scene, along with a white pickup truck on the shoulder. The truck was loaded onto a flatbed and was towed away.
Police said the road rage incident began at another location and the two vehicles made it onto I-96, where one vehicle rear-ended the other. After they pulled over, police said an argument between the two drivers outside their vehicles escalated to a physical altercation and the driver who rear-ended the other stabbed the driver they rear-ended.
Police said they found the woman bleeding profusely and they applied a tourniquet on the woman’s arm before she was taken to a hospital for treatment.
The victim said she was unsure of the suspect’s vehicle, but believes it was a light blue or light green Nissan or Toyota driven by a Black woman.
The investigation is ongoing.
