Portion of WB I-94 closed for 90 minutes Thursday morning: Pedestrian struck and killed by motorist

PAW PAW TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Michigan State Police are investigating a fatal accident on I-94 in Van Buren County where a pedestrian was struck and killed by a motorist.

Authorities say it happened Thursday morning, September 29 on the westbound portion of I-94 at mile marker 60.6 in Paw Paw Township.

According to the Michigan Department of Transportation, the crash shut down the freeway around 6 a.m. after Exit 66 to Mattawan.

The motorists that struck the pedestrian was not injured.

That portion of I-94 opened back up around 7:30 a.m., and the crash remains under investigation by troopers with the Michigan State Police Paw Paw post.