Police identify 5-year-old boy killed in head-on crash in Bridgewater Township

A 5-year-old boy killed in a head-on crash on an icy roadway in Bridgewater Township on Sunday was identified today as Mohammed Nasser.

Washtenaw County sheriff's officials said Mohammed was with his parents, traveling from their home in Topeka, Indiana, to the Detroit area to see relatives when the crash occurred on Michigan Avenue west of Lima Center Road at 2:20 p.m.

Mohammed's 38-year-old father was driving east on Michigan Avenue when he lost control of the car on a patch of ice and snow, reports said. The car crossed the center line and struck a westbound Ford pickup truck, reports said.

The father, Mohamed Yahya, was taken to the University of Michigan Hospital by helicopter in critical condition. Sheriff's Sgt. David Archer said today that Yahya is expected to survive, but has substantial injuries. He suffered severe facial injuries, and both legs are broken, police said.

Mohammed's 28-year-old mother, Hanah Harhara, was seriously injured.

The driver of the pickup, 52-year-old Christopher Gleason of Pittsfield Township, was taken to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital with non life-threatening injuries, reports said.

A report of the crash shows Mohammed Nasser was wearing a lap belt in the back seat, and his parents were not wearing seat belts. Gleason was wearing a seat belt, the report said.

The crash report said Yahya was driving too fast for conditions. The weather at the time included snow and blowing snow, according to the report.