2 women injured in single rollover crash on US-23 in Pittsfield Township
Two women were injured in a single-car rollover crash that closed both northbound and southbound US-23 this afternoon, Pittsfield Township fire officials said.
The freeway reopened shortly after 3:30 p.m. Neither woman had life-threatening injuries, Pittsfield Fire Capt. Craig Liggett said.
The women were in a a four-door Pontiac Bonneville on southbound US-23 just south of US-12 when their vehicle rolled over, Liggett said. The car came to a rest on the edge of northbound US-23, but no other vehicles were involved, Liggett said.
The driver said she was cut off in traffic, officials said. Michigan State Police troopers are investigating, but no further information was available.
The driver was trapped in the wreckage, and firefighters had to cut the vehicle apart to free her, Liggett said. Both she and the passenger, who were wearing seat belts, were taken to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital for treatment.
The crash forced the closure of both southbound lanes and one northbound lane of US-23 for nearly an hour.
The women, both 19 and from Toledo, were on their way to an orchestra concert in Detroit, officials said.
Comments
SillyTree
Tue, Nov 16, 2010 : 5:49 p.m.
Kristi E. makes sense. I verified that TSO (Trans Siberian, not Toledo Symphony) played in Toledo. And of course I am relieved to hear that their injuries are non-life threatening. Also, accuracy in the news or from the police is important. I have no problem with people questioning contradicting facts. If the details are wrong, what else might be? The accident investigation relies on the facts being correct. That might be important to the victims as it appears that another party was responsible. Whatever the source of the contradiction, it does have import.
Kristi E
Tue, Nov 16, 2010 : 5:25 p.m.
Okay, let's see if I can clarify. The girls go to Concordia University in Ann Arbor and were travelling SOUTH to Toledo. The TSO was playing at the Huntington Center there. Really, at the end of the day...they are alive and do the minor mistakes that were printed really matter? Thaks for the well wishes and prayers for them!!
KBovenschen
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 : 1:45 p.m.
Another possibility. Both women are 19 years old which means they may be students at CMU or some other school north of Ann Arbor. Therefore they would be heading south of US-23. As students they consider Toledo their permanent residence. The article never said they were traveling directly from Toledo.
Ray D. Aider
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 : 9:29 p.m.
Keep the rubber side down....shiny side up, folks... Thankful here no fatalities resulted.
Arbuckle
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 : 6:22 p.m.
First and foremost thank goodness everybody is alive. That being said, I think we can assume that either A)they were headed NORTHBOUND or B) they were RETURNING from the concert. All in all, the direction of travel is a relatively unimportant detail but curious, nonetheless. Thank you to all the Pittsfield Township firefighters who extricated and assisted on scene, HVA, and police.
Warbler
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 : 5:25 p.m.
Agree with Buster W. If they are from Ohio, heading to Detroit, going south on US23, how does the accident happen south of US-12? I-94 is at least 1-1/2 miles north of that accident! Something is not right here. Regardless of which direction or what state they were coming from, I am so happy to read that two young adults were in fact wearing their seatbelts! Without this, the freeway would still be closed right now due to an investigation into their untimely deaths.
SillyTree
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 : 5:19 p.m.
@RuralMom, It is actually past the I-94 interchange if the article is correct. It says they were southbound. Well, it says they were on southbound 23. I hope they were southbound.
RuralMom
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 : 4:54 p.m.
Buster W., US-23 south of Michigan Ave hasn't even come into the I-94 interchange yet.
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Thu, Nov 11, 2010 : 4:46 p.m.
glad everybody's ok. possible answer to buster's question, we are in michgan where you have to turn right to go left. so maybe they had to go south to go north? (good ol' michigan turn arounds...)
Buster W.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 : 4:36 p.m.
First, glad to here they are non-threatening injuries. Second, I wonder why they were on southbound US23 (south of Michigan Ave.) when they were headed to a concert in Detroit?