Crime & Safety
Semi-Truck Driver Smashes Into Parked Cars, Apartment: 1 Injured
Police said the crash happened around 2:00 a.m. Monday in the area of Greenfield Road and Grove Street near Outer Drive.
DETROIT — Detroit Police are looking for the driver of a semi truck who ran away after slamming into several parked cars and an apartment building on the city's westside.
Police said the Freightliner tractor-trailer hit six parked cars along the west side of Greenfield Road, south of Grove St. around 2:00 a.m. Monday morning.
A 58-year-old man who was sitting in a parked car temporary serious condition following the crash, police said.
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If you have information on this crime, or know the whereabouts of the driver, contact DPD's 8th precinct at 313-596-5800 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-Speak-Up.
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Where is the driver of the semi? 2 AM, SB Greenfield near McNichols, the semi driver takes out five vehicles, a telephone pole, crashes into an apartment building, and then takes off on foot. No injuries. @WWJ950 @FOX2News #Detroit #mondaymotivation #truck pic.twitter.com/EtE3rFIMNn
— Charlie Langton (@charlielangton) October 18, 2021
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