Crime & Safety

Police ID Driver Killed In Maple Road Head-On Crash

The man was driving east on Maple and hit a vehicle with two women in it.

BLOOMFIELD TWP., MI – The driver killed in a head-on crash Saturday evening along Maple Road has been identified by police as a 38-year-old Lansing man.

Police say that Vivek Vanaharam, 38, was driving a Honda Civic west on Maple Road, crossed the center line and collided with a Chevrolet Equinox, which was headed east, police said. Vanaharam was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Two women in the Equinox were taken to nearby hospitals. The women are both from Bloomfield Township, police said.

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The crash was reported at 6:35 p.m. Saturday.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Bloomfield Township police. Police are seeking information from anyone who witnessed the crash. Witnesses can investigators at (248) 433-7749.

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