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Michigan State
Police posted photographs on Twitter of cars with damage to
their bumpers and several vehicles with their trunks popped
open, apparently after colliding with each other.
No one was killed in the collision less than 40 miles northwest
of Detroit, but some people were transported to area hospitals
with injuries that were not life threatening, according to the
tweets from the Metro Detroit section of Michigan State Police.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, Michigan State
Police spokesman Lieutenant Michael Shaw said by telephone.
"Usually in these types of collisions, more than likely it's
from following too closely,” he said.
Shaw added that authorities were still seeking to determine how
many people were injured in the chain-reaction crash, which he
said involved about three semi-tractor trucks in addition to the
40 cars.
Northbound Interstate 75 was temporarily closed due to the
collision but by Saturday evening Michigan State Police said on
Twitter that the northbound side had reopened.
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by Mary
Milliken)
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