JACKSON, MI – A woman was injured and a man arrested after four vehicles crashed at a busy Jackson intersection Monday afternoon.
A white pickup hit a Chevrolet Trailblazer just before 4 p.m., Aug. 3, when the pickup driver ran a red light on Michigan Avenue at the intersection of West Avenue, Jackson Director of Police and Fire Services Elmer Hitt said.
The 20-year-old pickup driver was heading east on Michigan Avenue when he broadsided the trailblazer driving north on West Avenue. The trailblazer was pushed it into additional traffic, Hitt said.
Two other vehicles were hit and the people in them had minor injuries, Hitt said.
But the 31-year-old Jackson County woman driving the trailblazer was taken by ambulance to Henry Ford Allegiance Health. She has serious injuries that do not appear to be life-threatening, Hitt said.
The pickup driver also was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries, Hitt said. Upon his release from the hospital, he was arrested for driving on a suspended license and having a handgun, which may be stolen, in his truck, Hitt said.
The man is lodged in the Jackson County Jail while waiting for charges to be authorized by the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office, Hitt said.
Speed is believed to be a factor in the crash, police said.
The intersection was closed until about 9 p.m. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office crash investigation team assisted at the scene.
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