The Michigan State Police Metro South Post is investigating a traffic crash that occurred Thursday night involving an ambulance, a police car and a tire that flew off a moving vehicle.

At approximately 9 p.m. Thursday, the patrol car and ambulance were headed westbound on I-94 near Mt. Elliot.

The vehicles were traveling one behind the other and not engaged in emergency driving when a 2004 Dodge Durango traveling eastbound had a tire fly off, which caused the crash on the westbound side of the highway.

A lot of the larger departments in the area were unaware of the needs of smaller departments said Johnson. Belfor helped raise awareness that there’s an in-state need for the larger departments’ used equipment.

“They had me make a wish list of what we needed,” he added.

To Johnson’s surprise, Raber ended up receiving their largest donation ever thanks to departments from across the state donating gear. Items such as Jaws of Life (which run up to $30,000) were donated along with air packs and thermal imaging cameras.

A three-vehicle accident turned into a six-vehicle crash Wednesday morning, including a Semmes fire truck.

According to the Semmes Fire-Rescue Chief, the fire truck that was hit, was blocking the accident scene to protect the firefighters and the victims of the original crash.