Head-on collision on M-14 that left three dead leaves unanswered questions after tragedy

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Head-on collision on M-14 that left three ***** leaves unanswered questions after tragedy

SALEM, Mich. (FOX 2) – Three people ***** when a white Nissan SUV traveling the wrong way on the highway in Salem Township

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and struck a Tesla head-on.

The carnage required hours to clean up and left police and families with questions about why the offending vehicle was going the wrong direction in the first place.

“Sometimes, the victim is an innocent bystander, probably going to work, and now they’re planning for a ******** and that’s very tough to ********,” said Jim Rachwal, the ***** chief at Salem Township.

The tragedy happened in the eastbound lanes of M-14 late on Wednesday morning. The ****** happened in the entrance ramp on Gotfredson Road when the Nissan, traveling the wrong way, struck the Tesla.

Two people were in the SUV and one was in the Tesla. The two people in the SUV found ***** on arrival included a 31-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman. Both were from Battle Creek.

The driver of the Tesla was a 53-year-old from Munith.

Equally horrifying was before the driver of the Tesla *****, they had gotten trapped in the vehicle as it caught *****. According to Rachwal, local ***** departments still struggle to put out fires involving Tesla cars.

It’s tough to get water onto their lithium ion batteries, which is the source of some Tesla fires.

“We do have ***** blankets, which somewhat controls the combustion, but once it goes into thermal run away, there’s not a whole lot right now that we have figured out technology wise to put this ***** out,” said Rachwal.

Crews used the jaws of life to cut the doors open to extricate the patient, but by then, it was too late.

Michigan State Police are still investigating why the Nissan was driving the wrong way and whether drugs or alcohol was a factor.

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