UPDATE: Michigan State Police issued a statement identifying the victim as Ali O. Mahamat, 36.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — A 36-year-old Fort Wayne, IN, man died while driving south on I-69 when a tire blew, according to Michigan State Police officials.
Police called to the scene just before 4:45 p.m. Monday, May 4, 2020, found a flat-bed tow truck, which had rolled several times before stopping in a ditch.
The Indiana man, the truck’s driver and only occupant, was dead at the scene. He had been southbound on I-69 near F Drive South, in Calhoun County’s Fredonia Township, when the crash happened.
The crash investigation and clean-up caused southbound I-69 to close for several hours.
The victim’s name is being withheld pending notificaton of next-of-kin and further investigation of the crash, according to police.
