BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) – A 26-year-old New York man died at the scene of a semi-truck crash this morning on I-94 near Exit 92 and West Columbia Avenue.
Calhoun County Dispatch received a call at about 4:15 a.m. today about the crash, and Battle Creek Police responded. Police say a previous call had come in from a driver reporting the semi had passed them at a high rate of speed.
Police said the truck driver lost control of his vehicle while driving on eastbound I-94, hit the guardrail before Exit 92, hit an overhanging exit sign, and came to a rest against the overpass.
The man was ejected from the truck, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Traffic on eastbound I-94 was reduced to one lane after the crash until mid-afternoon.
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