Head-on Ann Arbor crash sends drivers to the hospital
Crews work to clear a crash at Hill Street and Washtenaw Avenue Tuesday.
John Counts | AnnArbor.com
A head-on crash between two Toyotas in Ann Arbor sent both drivers to the hospital Tuesday afternoon, police said.
The accident occurred on Washtenaw Avenue at Hill Street about 1:50 p.m. One vehicle was eastbound and the other westbound, Ann Arbor police said.
The eastbound vehicle was cut off, causing the driver to swerve into oncoming traffic where it collided with the other vehicle, police said .
Air bags were deployed in both vehicles and the drivers were transported to the hospital. Police wouldn't immediately release any other information about whether there were passengers in the vehicles.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
jns131
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 : 7:39 p.m.
This is another really goofy intersection with narrow turns and blind spots. Just glad no one was hurt. This is another intersection that needs a really big make over.
tammrm
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 : 1:54 p.m.
Well, on the upside, that's one way to get rid of a couple of foreign cars!
Skyjockey43
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 : 9:40 p.m.
Two people in the hospital as a result of this crash. I'm not sure your BUY AMERICAN! themed levity here is called for. And for the record, I'm driving a Toyota that was built in the U.S. with American labor, while my last Ford was built in Mexico.
Nick Treeville
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 : 9:39 p.m.
Foreign cars indeed. The blue Corolla is made in California. The silver Camry is made in Tennessee. VW makes cars in Mexico, as does GM and Ford, would you call them foreign?
deletedcomment
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 : 3:50 a.m.
Two Toyotas... People who drive those cars really hate driving. So bland and generic.
alan
Thu, Jun 20, 2013 : 4:18 p.m.
You are correct. I hate driving and I hate paying for a car so I buy the car that costs the least amount of money in the long run. My long term goal is no car at all.
John Counts
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 : 12:47 p.m.
No ironic intent, DennisP. We include whatever details we have available to use. I happened to be at the accident scene in this case and saw the makes of the vehicles myself. Other times we get accident information from police who don't immediately know the make or model of the vehicles until the full report is made out from the officers who were at the scene. This takes time. When police do release the make or model of a vehicle, we include it.
a2citizen
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 : 12:27 p.m.
The car make is just information. I doubt there is any sinister intent. From another article in the news: "...was driving a green 90-cc Arctic Cat ATV ..." drove into the path of "...a 21-year-old Manchester man was driving a red Chevrolet Silverado..." http://www.annarbor.com/news/9-year-old-boy-in-stable-condition-after-driving-atv-into-path-of-pickup-truck/
DennisP
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 : 11:16 a.m.
Yeah, no where near as exciting as a Chevy Malibu... Frankly, can't tell the difference from a Camry and a Chevy, Buick, Hyundai or Kia and so on. They are all variations of a same "aerodynamic" shape. Just curious. I wonder why it was necessary to say the accident was between two Toyotas. It's rare that we get a make/model in typical accident reports. Did the writer think there was some sort of irony here? I imagine there have been quite a few accidents in the past between two GM vehicles or two Fords. Perhaps the writer felt it was necessary to distinguish this accident from all the other head-on collisions along Washtenaw and Hill.
Nick Treeville
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 : 2:33 a.m.
Just another case of irrational inability to cope with a somewhat everyday circumstances. Who in their right mind wouldn't just brake extremely hard (that's slam on the brakes for civilians) rather than swerve into opposing traffic? They should be cited, as should the person doing the cutting off if there was one.
deletedcomment
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 : 3:49 a.m.
You're right but common sense is frowned on here, hence the neg points. Now I will surly be negged for pointing this out.
Martha Cojelona Gratis
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 : 11:54 p.m.
Seriously...Why would you swerve into oncoming traffic? There's no justification..
Robert Granville
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 : 11:50 a.m.
I think we can agree that reaction times and suitability to instantaneous decision making differ for everyone.
JRW
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 : 11:28 p.m.
A little more detail about how the accident occurred would be helpful. How did the "cut off" occur? which car was on Hill and which was on Washtenaw? This report doesn't say very much about what happened.
AlwaysLate
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 : 9:55 p.m.
Thank you for NOT inserting the usual non-informational comment about seat belts being worn or not worn.
jns131
Wed, Jun 19, 2013 : 7:40 p.m.
I totally agree with this one.
Billy
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 : 8:44 p.m.
"The eastbound vehicle was cut off, causing the driver to swerve into oncoming traffic where it collided with the other vehicle, police said . " The oncoming lane of traffic is NEVER the go-to lane to get out of a bad situation...
This Post Doesn't Have A Name
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 : 9:20 p.m.
Of course the oncoming lane is never the go to lane, but there's no time to reflect sometimes. Just time to react.
Hmm
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 : 7:33 p.m.
Any information on the vehicle that cut off the eastbound car which lead to this accident? Did they stop or just leave the scene? I would rather rear end or sideswipe someone than swerve into oncoming traffic and do a head on. Must have been extremely scary for the west bound driver. I'm glad everyone was ok!
bamboozled
Tue, Jun 18, 2013 : 7:37 p.m.
*led I see no indication that anyone was "okay". I hope that they are.