Michigan Man Dies After Tire Comes Off SUV and Hits His Car

April 5, 2024

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A driver died when a tire came off another vehicle and flew through the air and into the windshield and roof of his car, Michigan State Police said.

A Dodge Journey SUV being driven by a 38-year-old Jackson man was traveling westbound on Interstate 94 in Ann Arbor around 4 p.m. Tuesday when his front driver’s side tire came loose, went over the median wall and struck the eastbound car, police said.

The car’s driver, a 49-year-old Dearborn Heights man, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. No one else was injured.

It wasn’t clear how the tire came loose, police said.

Topics Auto Michigan

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