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Wrong-way driver arrested after crash on US-31, says state police

US-31 wrong-way crash scene
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MUSKEGON, Mich. — A driver headed the wrong way on the lakeshore's biggest freeway caused a serious crash said state police, but luckily no one was hurt.

First responders were called to US-31 just north of Apple Avenue around 2 p.m. on Monday, March 2, where a vehicle headed north in the southbound lanes hit another car head-on. Video from a nearby Michigan Department of Transportation camera showed the vehicles sitting on opposite shoulders of the pavement after the impact.

The driver of the wrong-way vehicle, a 36-year-old man from Whitehall, was arrested, according to Michigan State Police.

The driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash, a 77-year-old man from Muskegon, was not hurt.

Michigan State Police is looking into what led up to the crash.

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