Wrong-Way Driver on I-96 to be Charged By State Police

The Michigan State Police are looking to charge the man on Wednesday, hitting two vehicles and sending himself and two others to the hospital.

The State Police want to charge him with fleeing and eluding, resisting and obstructing police and possibly other charges. His arraignment is pending release from the University of Michigan hospital in Ann Arbor, and no one involved with the accident will be named until the arraignment is set. The Livingston Daily reported that the man to be charged is identified as a 19-year-old Lansing man.

The Livingston Daily published a first-hand account of the situation from State Trooper Rene Gonzalez. In the report, she said what started as a routine traffic stop near the Flint Road overpass that day turned into chaos. He said originally pulled over the vehicle because he saw that the vehicle's owner had an expired license.

When he pulled the vehicle over, the 19-year-old passenger pushed the original driver out and proceeded to drive the wrong way on I-96. The Livingston Daily reported that the 19-year-old man, going more than 95 mph, first collided with a Ford Explorer before slamming into a Dodge pickup, which caused the pickup to roll over.

The 19-year-old driver, a passenger in his car and the driver of the pickup are all hospitalized now. After initially fleeing the scene, the original driver was found by the police, but no charges are being brought against him.