---
title: "Passenger Loses Limb After Speeding Motorist Loses Control in Detroit"
description: "Chevy Impala hits exit sign and guardrail on off-ramp of I-96 in Detroit, state police said."
date: "2017-12-01"
modified: "2017-12-01"
authors:
  - name: "Kate Gibson"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kate-gibson"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/16620/passenger-loses-limb-after-speeding-motorist-loses-control-in-detroit"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Crash"
  - "highway speeding"
  - "lost limb"
  - "Michigan"
  - "state police"
---

# Passenger Loses Limb After Speeding Motorist Loses Control in Detroit

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Michigan authorities are investigating a crash that caused one person to lose a leg after the vehicle they were riding in crashed early Friday morning in the city of Detroit.

The passenger was in a speeding car on Interstate 96 when the driver lost control on an exit ramp, according to a [report](<https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2017/12/01/detroit-freeway-crash-accident/913160001/>) in the *Detroit Free Press*.

The newspaper cited Michigan State Police in reporting the 2007 Chevy Impala hit an exit sign after losing control, then a guardrail before coming to a stop.

The person with the amputated leg was listed in serious but stable condition at a local hospital, the report said.

Separately, initial reports indicate 10 people died in 10 separate traffic crashes in Michigan during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, which ran from 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, through 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 26, the state police said.

“The preliminary numbers show the same number of fatalities from this holiday period last year," a spokesperson said in a [news release](<https://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,4643,7-123-58995_72487-453274--,00.html>). State police "urge motorists not to drive while impaired, always use proper restraints and to make responsible driving decisions.”

Before the long holiday weekend, the National Safety Council [projected](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/16278/national-safety-council-421-may-die-on-u-s-roads-in-coming-days>) that more than 400 Americans would likely die in accidents on U.S. roadways during the period.

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