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Road rage crash ends with 2 girls thrown from SUV, 5 others injured, Michigan cops say

A road rage crash in Michigan caused two girls to be thrown from the car. They face life-threatening injuries, deputies say. 
A road rage crash in Michigan caused two girls to be thrown from the car. They face life-threatening injuries, deputies say.  Getty Images/iStockphoto

A 9-year-old and 10-year-old were thrown from an SUV during a road rage crash in New Haven, Michigan, deputies say. They have life-threatening injuries as a result.

The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office said the two involved vehicles lost control while engaging in aggressive driving just before 3 p.m. Feb. 4.

One of the vehicles involved, a Jeep Grand Cherokee, rolled over several times before coming to a stop, deputies said in a news release.

There were three children total in the car, the two girls thrown from the car and a 6-year-old girl who also sustained injuries, the sheriff’s office said. The driver, a 29-year-old woman, and a 30-year-old passenger suffered minor injuries.

The driver, passenger and three children were taken to a hospital, deputies said.

The 54-year-old driver and 38-year-old passenger in the second car, a Cadillac sedan, sustained minor injuries that did not require on-scene treatment, according to the news release.

New Haven is about 35 miles north of Detroit.

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Kate Linderman
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Kate Linderman covers national news for McClatchy’s real-time team. She reports on politics and crime and courts news in the Midwest. Kate is a 2023 graduate of DePaul University and is based in Chicago.
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