4 injured, MSP canine killed in crash on Lodge Freeway in Detroit, police say
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A Michigan State Police trooper was injured and his canine partner died on Sunday following a car crash in Detroit that injured three others, police said.
The trooper was hurt and his dog, Rex, was killed at about 1:05 a.m. when a motorist crashed into a MSP vehicle that was positioned on the southbound Lodge Freeway to block traffic after the road flooded, MSP reported on Twitter. The driver s vehicle burst into flames in the crash, the tweet said.
Three people in the vehicle were seriously injured. One person was not expected to survive, MSP said.