00:01This is the accident scene that occurred along Ford Road at Hagerty in Canton Township at around 1 o'clock
00:07this afternoon.
00:08About two hours ago, this video being shot just after 3 p.m.
00:12From what police tell us as we look here, looking southbound on Hagerty,
00:17some officers remain as this intersection is closed,
00:21that the vehicle involved, as I zoom in, was heading at a high rate of speed on the wrong side
00:26of the road on Hagerty Road,
00:27meaning heading south in northbound traffic when it slammed into the semi-truck and the cab, both catching fire.
00:35As you can see, the damage is significant.
00:38Amazingly, four people in that vehicle and the truck driver were not seriously injured,
00:44all hospitalized, responding police helping pull them out.
00:49Four officers were also hospitalized, three due to smoke inhalation, one due to minor burns.
00:54Again, not believed to be life-threatening, all said to be in temporary serious condition.
01:00It's going to be a while.
01:01Right over here is I-275.
01:03The entrance and exit ramps to Ford Road closed as a result of this accident.
01:08If you look closely up top here, too, the traffic signals are burned,
01:13and we are told by police that the county is going to have to come and deal with those, I'm
01:17assuming, before this intersection can open.
01:19Maybe not.
01:20I'm not sure how that's going to work out, but remarkably, everyone in this incident survived.
01:26Police tell us they do have video of it as well, indicating that the vehicle is heading again at a
01:32high rate of speed in the wrong direction when it slammed into the semi.
01:36OK.
01:37lm
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