Wrong-way driver crash on I-75 and Clark (photo: Michigan State Police)
DETROIT (FOX 2) - A Detroit man who was drunk when he got on I-75 the wrong way and hit and killed another man in 2023 will spend three to 15 years in prison.
Damien Thomas, 44, was sentenced last week after a jury found him guilty of operating under the influence causing death, reckless driving causing death, and operating under the influence causing serious injury.
The backstory:
While driving north in the southbound lanes of I-75 around 2:30 a.m. Aug. 26, 2023, Thomas hit another vehicle head-on near Clark Street.
The crash killed one of the men inside the other vehicle, 27-year-old Drasan Clanton, of Hazel Park, and injured a 27-year-old Detroit man.
An investigation led to Thomas' arrest a year later, on Aug. 22, 2024.
The Source: This information is from the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office and court records.
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