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A 7-year-old girl was beaten and killed on I-94 Sunday while she was looking for her. help after an impaired driving accident involving his father . : KATHLEEN GALLIGAN, Detroit Free Press) Buy picture

A 7-year-old Detroit girl whose father had been involved in a suspected drunk car accident was shot and killed in trying to cross I-94 Sunday morning. Police said she was "killed on the spot."

The name of the girl has not yet been unveiled, but Michigan State Police First Lieutenant Michael Shaw told him he is in detention. His mother was informed

The accident investigation prompted the police to close the I-94 is near the Detroit Metro airport for a period of time Sunday morning .

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The magnitude of the tragedy took some time before the police attempt to restore what appeared to be separate incidents, but actually three related reports – a drunk driving accident, a girl in need of help and a woman

The police of the year. Michigan State intervened around 3:35 am, responding to a woman who thought she had hit a pedestrian, but when the soldiers arrived in the I-94 and Inkster area, they could not find anyone.

Some time ago According to the police, the police learned that the Romulus police were investigating an accident in the direction of the east, near Merriman, involving a driver allegedly intoxicated . Shaw said that a man, who seemed extremely intoxicated when he was dealing with the police, crashed into an abandoned car on I-94

As this incident was developing, the Romulus police received text messages from a girl who said her father. was dead and she needed help. Police tried to find the girl, who later discovered that she was the daughter of the allegedly drunk driver, but the cell phone tracking technology is not accurate and it took time for the locate, said Shaw.

She had been hit by the vehicles the soldiers were initially investigating. This driver has been released.

Police Sunday chose not to interview the girl's mother. It's not clear where the girl's father was heading when he crashed.

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