COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, MI - A 30-year-old Waterford Township man was fatally injured Friday evening in a three-car crash in Commerce Township.

The crash happened at approximately 7:40 p.m. on Pontiac Trail at Martin Parkway.

Police said Matthew John Szakal was operating a 2017 Chevrolet Trax when his vehicle was struck by a second vehicle, a 2021 Lexus RC, which was driven by a 51-year-old Sterling Heights man.

The Lexus driver was heading north on M-5 when the vehicle ran off the roadway and traveled several hundred feet through tall grass and weeds, police said. The Lexus re-entered the roadway and jumped the curb in a roundabout, striking Szakal’s vehicle.

The collision pushed Szakal’s vehicle into a third vehicle, a 2021 Honda CR-V, which was being operated by a 64-year-old Wixom woman

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