WALKER, Mich. (WOOD) — One person is dead and two more were arrested following a Saturday morning crash on the eastbound I-96 ramp to southbound US-131.
Around 4 a.m., a Michigan State Police trooper tried to pull over a stolen vehicle on eastbound I-96 near Fruit Ridge Avenue NW and the vehicle took off.
The driver lost control of the vehicle on the eastbound I-96 ramp to southbound US-131 and crashed. MSP said one person was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene.
Two people inside the vehicle were arrested, MSP said.
The ramp is closed in the area while crews investigated. It has since reopened.
The crash remains under investigation.