Tow truck overturns into ditch at highway interchange, Ann Arbor MI

Traffic

Reported: 10/29/2025 12:30 AM

US-23, Ann Arbor, MI

A heavy-duty tow truck overturned about 50 feet into a ditch near the I-94 westbound and US-23 northbound interchange in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The driver was trapped inside but conscious and bleeding from an unknown source. Emergency responders arrived and successfully extricated the driver from the vehicle for further care.

Audio|Source: Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, and Washtenaw County Police/Fire/EMS Dispatches

02:25

Transcript:

00:00

Call 32, we got another call from another passerby. They're advising it's westbound to southbound,

00:08

and the truck is on its side.

00:11

Clear.

00:17

In 1232, we have a passerby who stopped to check on the driver. Driver is awake, breathing, they're bleeding from unknown source, and they did confirm it's westbound to northbound.

00:31

Clear, I'm about to go arrival.

00:34

Okay.

00:39

1232.

00:40

Okay.

00:46

I might want to start fire for extrication[3].

00:50

Clear all the Eisen. 1232, we got a mile.

00:54

Okay.

01:00

Metro 2HVA.

01:02

Be advised,

01:03

reference westbound and northbound.

01:05

MSC is able to get the subject out of the vehicle.

01:12

Players on the way now to help the patient out.

01:18

Clear. MSP was able to get him out of the vehicle. Copy.

01:27

Central on the air for Pittsfield Fire, Station 1, Station 2, and the BC for an MVA[1], I-94 Westbound, and US-23 northbound.

01:44

Just on the air for Pittsfield Fire,

01:47

Station 1, Station 2, and the BC for an MBA[2], I-94 westbound and U.S.

01:54

23 northbound,

01:58

a heavy-duty tow truck missed the turn in the ditch.

02:03

Patient has now been extricated per PD on scene. HVA is emergent.

02:09

Check that HVA is now on scene.

02:12

Interop 4 is assigned 338.

02:15

And it is tipped over probably about 50 feet into the ditch.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

MVA: Motor Vehicle Accident

[2]

MBA: Motor vehicle accident (car vs. pedestrian)

[3]

extrication: Rescue operation to free a trapped person (e.g., from a vehicle)

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US-23, Ann Arbor, MI

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