Related: Eastbound I-94 at Zeeb closed due to crash
An Ann Arbor doctor was killed in a crash along eastbound I-94 near Zeeb Road at Saturday morning, according to Michigan State Police.
Steven Ernst Gradwohl
Courtesy of UofMhealth.org
Steven Ernst Gradwohl was the driver of a Volkswagen Cabrio that witnesses said drifted across three lanes of I-94 and landed in a ditch at about 9:30 a.m.
"The vehicle went off the road and into the ditch, then eventually running into the bridge abutment for the Zeeb Road overpass," according to a statement.
It is unclear what caused the car to drift across the lanes and no other vehicle appears to have been involved.
Passing motorists stopped to pull Gradwohl, 51, out of the car, which was engulfed in flames by this time. After numerous attempts to revive Gradwohl with CPR by motorists, state police troopers and deputies from Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Gradwohl was an internal medicine doctor within the University of Michigan Health System. He also was a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine.
Preliminary investigation and witness statements indicate he may have lost consciousness for unknown reasons. A medical exam is pending.
The Scio Township Fire Department and Huron Valley Ambulance also assisted on the scene.