Alexander McDonald, a 23-year-old Ypsilanti man, was pronounced dead at the scene of a head-on collision at about 7 a.m. Monday on the North I-94 Service Drive west of Beck Road.
Van Buren Township Police Captain Greg Laurain said two vehicles hit head on after one of them drove left of center for an unknown reason.
The 21-year-old driver, Richard Ogadinma of Ypsilanti, was transported to the University of Michigan Hospital by Med-Flight with leg and neck injuries.
Captain Laurain said the fault of the crash was unknown on Monday and whether alcohol or drugs were a contributing factor.
Anyone with information on the accident is asked to call Sgt. Fred Yono of the Traffic Division of the VBT Police Department, 734-699-8930.