Firefighters work to free a driver from a car after a crash Friday afternoon on Liberty Road east of Wagner Road.
Photo courtesy of Terry Williams
Editor's note: This article was updated as information became available.
7:07 p.m.: According to a Nixle alert sent out by the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office, the the portion of Liberty Road just east of Wagner in Scio Township reopened just after 7 p.m.
A two-car crash injured two motorists and closed Liberty Road east of Wagner Road Friday afternoon, officials said.
The head-on crash involving two cars occurred just before 3:26 p.m. east of Wagner Road near Lakeview Avenue in Scio Township, according to authorities.
The road was expected to be closed for at least a couple of hours, a dispatcher said at about 4:45 p.m.
One driver needed to be extricated from the vehicle and was taken to the University of MIchigan Hospital in critical condition, said Joyce Williams from Huron Valley Ambulance.
The driver of the other vehicle was taken to U-M Hospital in stable condition, Williams said.
No other information was immediately available.
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