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Biker In Critical Condition After I-696 Crash

FARMINGTON HILLS (WWJ) - A motorcyclist is hospitalized in critical condition after wiping out along the I-696 freeway early Friday morning.

Michigan State Police told WWJ Newsradio 950 the biker was "really" speeding when the accident happened about 1 a.m. on westbound I-696 at Orchard Lake Road in Farmington Hills.  The westbound side of the freeway was closed, briefly, due to the crash.

Troopers will be doing blood tests to determine if alcohol or drugs played a part in the crash.

The man is being treated at Botsford Hospital. His name was not immediately released.

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