A doctor and a 17-year-old boy were helping six car crash victims on eastbound I-96 in Detroit when they were struck by another driver who may have been intoxicated, according to state police. It happened Sunday morning.
Police said a Jeep carrying six passengers between the ages of 14 and 19 was eastbound on I-96 near Davison when the driver lost control and crashed, causing the SUV to roll over.
Good Samaritans who witnessed the crash stopped and left their vehicles to help the passengers in the Jeep. Police said a second vehicle also traveling eastbound went out of control and struck them as they were attempting to reach the victims of the first crash.
Police said the driver of that vehicle was a 17-year-old boy, who they suspect of driving drunk.
Police said nine people were taken to hospitals, with three of them listed in critical condition.
Two of the victims who are in critical condition were the people who stopped to help. The third was the driver who hit them.
The 17-year-old good Samaritan had to have his foot amputated. Medics credited a state trooper with saving the teen’s life after the trooper used a tourniquet to stop his bleeding.
The doctor underwent surgery at Sinai-Grace Hospital.