Overview
- Dispatchers received 5:20 p.m. reports Thursday of a two-vehicle collision on M-53 at Van Dyke Avenue and Eberling Road in Bruce Township.
- A preliminary review indicates a southbound 2011 Chevy Impala carrying a father and his two children crossed into northbound lanes and hit a 2013 Impala driven by an 18-year-old from Davison.
- Investigators say the teen driver had been following her boyfriend, who swerved to avoid the oncoming car before the head-on impact with her vehicle.
- Michigan State Police say neither child was properly restrained and only one car seat was in the vehicle.
- Both drivers were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, the 2-year-old boy was taken to Children’s Hospital in critical condition, and troopers collected a blood draw as the roadway remained closed for hours during the investigation.