Posted on Wed, Oct 24, 2012 : 8 a.m.
Crashes slowing traffic on M-14 in Ann Arbor area
By Cindy Heflin
A pair of crashes on westbound M-14 was slowing the morning commute in the Ann Arbor area Wednesday.
One crash was near Ford Road and was reported to be blocking the left lane. State police were on the way to the crash, a dispatcher said at 8 a.m.
A second crash was reported not far away on the freeway at Vorhies Road, the dispatcher said, but it was not blocking the freeway.
A Google traffic map showed a significant traffic backup in the area. Further information about the crashes was not immediately available.
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Comments
Tex Treeder
Wed, Oct 24, 2012 : 5:20 p.m.
"Crash" is a term kids use. Whatever happened to the word "accident"?
tdw
Wed, Oct 24, 2012 : 6:03 p.m.
Actually " Crash " is the proper legal term. http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,4643,7-123-1593_24055-28578--,00.html
justcurious
Wed, Oct 24, 2012 : 4:46 p.m.
Anyone keeping count of the daily morning crashes on M-14? It would be interesting to see a statistic. It seems that there is at least one crash every weekday morning.
mrshicks2000
Wed, Oct 24, 2012 : 5:03 p.m.
I agree. It seems like I'm constantly seeing M-14 in the news for crashes. I wonder what is going on in that area that appears so dangerous? Is it drivers or the roadways or the exit/entrance ramp location..? I don't know.
GoNavy
Wed, Oct 24, 2012 : 12:30 p.m.
The Ford road entrance is somewhat dangerous. If I were to guess how the *left* lane got blocked, I'd say that somebody was traveling in the right lane, saw a merging car, then decided to move over to the left lane w/o looking behind himself first...
Billy
Wed, Oct 24, 2012 : 12:52 p.m.
I would agree to your assessment.