Posted on Tue, Mar 1, 2011 : 7:55 a.m.
Crash on I-94 near M-14 tying up traffic on west side of Ann Arbor
By Cindy Heflin
A three-car crash on westbound I-94 between M-14 and Zeeb road is affecting traffic on the west side of Ann Arbor this morning.
No one is believed to be injured, a dispatcher with the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department said. Though emergency crews initially thought they might have to shut the freeway down, no lanes are believed to be blocked, the dispatcher said at 8:15 a.m.
The crash occurred about 7:40 a.m. No further information was immediately available.
Comments
michigan48103
Tue, Mar 1, 2011 : 8:38 p.m.
After living at Scio Village Town Center for over 10 years, I am at that location every day and their are 3 truck stops on Baker road that is near this accident. The Large trucks to not move to the left and are not kind to the cars that are going on to I-94 from Zeeb road. You learn from many years of experience and the Police and the many emergency cars in the area will park and drive where and when they want and it is ok. If it was me or other residents that are the NON-Emergency people we would get a ticket or end up into jail.
garper00
Tue, Mar 1, 2011 : 4:11 p.m.
Excuse me, but neither of you was there. I was! To make assumptions based on your ignorance of the accident shows your judgmental nature. The accident that occurred could have been avoided if the ambulance had not parked where it did. I didn't say they don't have the right to park wherever, just like police, but using some common sense could have avoided the headache and pain those involved in the accident are now going through.
Lola
Tue, Mar 1, 2011 : 4:51 p.m.
Totally agree RuralMom. Almost all accidents should be avoidable. The problem is that if you leave a reasonable distance between you and the car in front of you some idiot will take that as an invitation to pull in front of you.
RuralMom
Tue, Mar 1, 2011 : 4:37 p.m.
It is your job to slow down and move over period per State Law. We are not ignorant and we don't have to be there to know by your own description exactly what went on. Most drivers know that when you are following too closely, you will rearend people, you will cause crashes due to following too closely and a high rate of speed. Its called common sense, if you use it you too can be ticket and accident free such as myself.
TheGerman
Tue, Mar 1, 2011 : 4:09 p.m.
Between M14 and Zeeb Road the Speed Limit is 70mph. It doesn't go down to 65mph until the Barton Drive area. Or conversely, it goes back to 70mph before Maple Road when traveling westbound.
sun runner
Tue, Mar 1, 2011 : 8:50 p.m.
I drive I-94 to and from my home in Chelsea to my workplace on State St. every day. There are no signs indicating a speed limit drop on either EB or WB I-94 near the Jackson Rd on-ramps. Traffic entering I-94 in either direction is at the mercy of whomever is kind enough to clear the right lane, especially for the eastbound direction. That's one of the worst on-ramps I've ever seen. Traffic engineering fail. Anyway, according to the article, this accident wasn't even near the Jackson Rd. overpass. It was between the M-14 merge and Zeeb Rd.
breadman
Tue, Mar 1, 2011 : 7:59 p.m.
It was on west bound I- 94 Between the M-14 bridge and Zeeb. When you go west on I-94 the speed limit drops for the traffic gettin on at the Jackson Rd. Ramp. Take a ride out and look..... Its that way going both ways for the entrance flow of cars. Trust me as a former truck driver, going east off Jackson Rd. I sure have made plenty cars slam on breaks coming around that curve so fast.
zip the cat
Tue, Mar 1, 2011 : 3:50 p.m.
65? Very few people do the speed limit on any e-way Its 80 + and the curve does very little to slow them down.
breadman
Tue, Mar 1, 2011 : 3:16 p.m.
That ambulance had the right to park like that. Just like any emergency CAN NOT pass on the right, must be left. So if you came around the curve doing 70 in a 65 mile hr zone you were going to fast. 70 does not pick back up until you get pass the M-14 bridges.
garper00
Tue, Mar 1, 2011 : 2:19 p.m.
I was there when the crash occurred. Apparently the ambulance had responded to a report of a car spinout. The car was off the road, but the ambulance parked in the left lane rather than pulling off to the side. There is a blind spot coming around that curve, and the cars ahead of me didn't have enough time to stop. This created a chain reaction as cars tried to swerve out of the left lane to avoid the ambulance. I was lucky to have been able to stop. Police and fire crews had not yet arrived. Maybe someone could talk to the ambulance drivers about how to avoid creating accidents when they are responding to accidents.
RuralMom
Tue, Mar 1, 2011 : 4:08 p.m.
A) They are trained for safety of themselves, the scene and the patient. B) It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to slow down and if possible MOVE OVER. STATE LAW. C) If you had enough time to stop, so would have the others had they been following the speed limit in that area.