Naked Man Running in Traffic Critically Injured: Police

A man who was struck as he ran naked through traffic near the Detroit Metropolitan Airport early Tuesday morning is hospitalized in critical condition, Michigan State Police said.

Authorities aren’t sure who the man is, as he had no identification, according to media reports. The accident occurred about 5:15 a.m. in the eastbound lane of Interstate 94 in Romulus.

“He was running with no shirt and no pants in the roadway, which resulted in him being struck by a motorist,” Lt. Calvin Hart told The Detroit News.

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MSP Lt. Mike Shaw told the Detroit Free Press that witnesses reported the man “was running back and forth across the freeway for reasons we haven't determined yet."

The victim was taken to an area hospital for treatment.

All three lanes of I-94 eastbound over the Interstate 275 bridge were closed for more than two hours as authorities investigated, but they have since been reopened.

A second crash in the eastbound lanes of I-94 near Livernois caused more complications. “I-94 is not the place to be this morning,” State Police tweeted.

I 94 is not the place to be this morning. E/B I-94 at Livernois is closed for crash as well. Troopers on the way pic.twitter.com/IPRBVShHKz
— MSP Metro Detroit (@mspmetrodet) June 7, 2016

Both accident scenes have been cleared, and traffic is running normally again.

“It will require investigation (for) critical injuries,” officials said in an earlier tweet.