CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A pileup involving 20 to 30 cars shut down a stretch of M-6 southeast of Grand Rapids Tuesday morning.
One semi-truck driver sustained a minor injury after being pinned in the truck and freed by first responders, Michigan State Police say.
Crashes and closures amid ‘hazardous travel conditions’ Tuesday
The pileup happened in the eastbound lanes past 60th Street SE in Cascade Township, south of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport.
A News 8 crew overlooking the scene saw a number of vehicles that had slid off the highway and down the ditch and into the median. Multiple semi-trucks were stretched sideways across the lanes, some with their trailers hanging off the side of the road. A number of police cruisers, fire trucks and tow trucks responded to help drivers.
Stranded drivers were being taken by Grand Rapids city bus to a reunification center at the Cascade Township branch of the Kent District Library, MSP said. The Salvation Army said it was sending an emergency services canteen there to support the crash response…