Shocking video captured by a driver’s dashcam on Friday and shared with FOX 2 Detroit shows the moment an SUV suddenly flipped over in heavy traffic on Interstate 94 in Michigan.
Police said the car’s 26-year-old driver fell asleep while driving in the right lane around 6:30 a.m. Friday. The car then veered onto the shoulder of the road, skidded, then overturned and came to a stop in front of another vehicle, police said. FOX2 Detroit.
The video begins with the dashcam driver traveling west on Interstate 94, passing under an overpass and moving into the far left lane, while an SUV traveling in the right lane begins to steer erratically.
The SUV then veered off the highway’s shoulder into a grass bank, skidding across the grass, tilting on its right wheels and flipping across the three-lane road. Luckily, the SUV narrowly avoided hitting the rear of a pickup truck before slamming into a jersey barrier and righting itself again directly in front of the dashcam driver.
FOX 2 Detroit reported that as a result of the crash, a passenger was thrown from the vehicle and the female driver was seen unconscious and hanging out of the driver’s side window. (RELATED: Shocking video shows SUV flip over during ‘street takeover’, crushing passenger)
A passenger told police the woman fell asleep and then veered off the road and up an embankment. https://t.co/scB9PvwPRN pic.twitter.com/j2jxX4Irlu
— FOX 2 Detroit (@FOX2News) May 24, 2024
Police said the passenger suffered minor injuries, but the driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, according to FOX 2 Detroit.
Authorities closed I-94 for several hours while they dealt with the accident, but it has since reopened, reports said.
The driver who sent dash cam video to FOX 2 Detroit asked that his name not be used.
