RIGA, Mich. — A Blissfield, Mich., man was killed Wednesday afternoon when the car he drove collided head-on with a tractor-trailer on U.S. 223 near here, the Lenawee County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The 45-year-old man, who was not immediately identified, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash reported about 3 p.m. in Riga Township west of Rodesiler Highway.
Witnesses said the man’s 2024 Tesla Model 3 began traveling westbound in the eastbound lane with no plain reason, such as passing or debris in the road, to do so, deputies said. The car made no attempt to avoid the oncoming tractor-trailer driven by a 63-year-old man from Findlay. The impact caused the truck to override the Tesla…