LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Lansing Mayor Andy Schor is talking out about Thursday night time’s road racing crash that left 13 individuals injured, together with a toddler.
In keeping with police, the drivers of two automobiles had been dashing whereas racing one another southbound on MLK Jr. Blvd. when one other driver made a lawful flip from Pierce Rd. onto MLK Jr. Blvd. This led to the dashing drivers hitting the turning automobile, adopted by these three automobiles colliding with two different automobiles.
The scene of the crash (WLNS)
The scene of the crash (WLNS)
The scene of the crash (WLNS)
The scene of the crash (WLNS)
The scene of the crash (WLNS)
The scene of the crash (WLNS)
The scene of the crash (WLNS)
The scene of the crash (WLNS)
The scene of the crash (WLNS)
Through the crash, two individuals from one of many dashing automobiles had been ejected. These are the 2 unnamed people who find themselves in vital situation, police say.
Road racing crash injured 13 individuals, together with youngster, Lansing police say
Lower than a day later, the mayor says these concerned might be held accountable.
I’m offended that these egocentric, reckless drivers created an unsafe state of affairs that led to such a horrible accident on S MLK, inflicting a lot hurt to harmless bystanders. Chief Backus and I’ve talked a number of instances right now about final night. The events concerned have been recognized and there might be severe penalties for the hurt they brought on. The Lansing Police Division will suggest all costs doable, as discovered by the proof, to the Prosecutor to carry these accountable accountable. The Chief and I’ve additionally talked about having additional patrols on the street, particularly in scorching spot areas. LPD has a number of recruits within the academy now, so we could have extra officers on the streets quickly. And in my price range advice to Council, I’ve known as for including extra officers utilizing funding from the state Public Security Belief Fund as soon as it’s signed into legislation.We’ve got 100,000 calls per yr and our police can’t be on all of our 400 miles of streets to catch speeders, so I’m supportive of utilizing crimson mild cameras to catch extreme speeders. However cities are prevented from doing this by state legislation. I do know laws has been proposed, and I hope the Legislature will evaluate these payments for consideration. Many cities throughout the nation use them very efficiently to carry careless drivers accountable for his or her actions and permit officers to answer calls on the identical time. LPD officers are the most effective within the state, however they’re a really busy division and we’d like each instrument and useful resource from the state to assist.
Andy Schor, Lansing Mayor
Police closed all roads within the space of the crash in a single day for the investigation and reopened them round 4 a.m. Friday.
Police should not releasing any names of these concerned presently, or who or how many individuals had been in every automobile, together with the kid. Police are additionally not confirming the situation of the opposite 11 individuals concerned on this crash.
As of 9:30 a.m., nobody has been arrested, in response to police, and it’s unknown if anybody has been ticketed.
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