I-94 EASTBOUND 41MM TRAFFIC ACCIDENT 07-15-14 @ 1242

Date and Time of Incident:07-15-14 @ 1242    

Type of Incident:TRAFFIC ACCIDENT                                                          

Location of Incident:I-94 EASTBOUND 41MM                                             

Agencies Involved:BERRIEN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE (WATERVLIET TWP DETACHMENT)/WATERVLIET POLICE/POKAGON TRIBAL POLICE/COLOMA TWP POLICE/MEDIC 1 AMBULANCE/WATERVLIET FIRE DEPARTMENT    Arrested Persons:NONE                       

WHILE EMERGENCY CREWS WERE EXTINGUISHING A BRAKE FIRE ON A TRACTOR TRAILER UNIT ON I-94 EASTBOUND AT THE 42MM UNITS WERE REASSIGNED TO A CAR VS TRACTOR TRAILER ACCIDENT AT I-94 EASTBOUND AT THE 41MM. UPON ARRIVAL R/O NOTED THAT A HONDA PASSANGER VEHICLE HAD CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF A TRACTOR TRAILER UNIT THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY DUE TO THE PREVIOUS FIRE.

R/O NOTED THAT THE PASSANGER SIDE OF THE HONDA VEHICLE HAD BEEN TORN FROM THE VEHICLE AND WAS ATTACHED TO THE REAR PORTION OF THE TRAILER. THE MALE DRIVER OF THE HONDA PASSANGER VEHICLE WAS WALKING AT THE SCENE AND SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE DRIVER OF THE TRACTOR TRAILER UNIT WAS UNINJURED IN THIS INCIDENT.

THE DRIVER OF THE HONDA PASSANGER VEHICLE WAS TREATED AND TRANSPORTED TO LAKELAND HOSPITAL, IN WATERVLIET, BY MEDIC 1 AMBULANCE WHERE HE WAS LATER RELEASED. I-94 WAS CLOSED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO LET EMERGENCY CREWS AND A LOCAL WRECKER SERVICE REMOVE THE ACCIDENT DEBRI.