Two Dead, One Injured in I-475 Wrong Way Crash

Police in Flint are looking for information about a Thursday night crash that left two people dead and one person with critical injuries.

The crash occurred around 8:45 P.M. on northbound I-475 near Broadway Boulevard. Police say speed, alcohol or drugs may be factors when a black Buick Regal was heading in the wrong direction down the freeway and crashed into a white Jeep Cherokee. Police say 39-year-old Cassie Lyn Garcia and 19-year-old Marshawn Turnipseed were killed at the scene. 20-year-old Niaisa Sanders was taken to Hurley Medical Center in Flint for treatment of critical injuries. It’s unclear which vehicles the victims were in.

Please call the Flint Police Department if you have any information about the crash, which remains under investigation.