Man in Fatal I-96 Accident Identified

CREATED Jul. 23, 2012

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  • Police has identified the man who was killed while crossing Interstate-96 as Billy Ray Watkins. Video by fox47news.com

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Police has identified the man who was killed while crossing Interstate-96 as Billy Ray Watkins.

Around 2:30 Saturday afternoon Watkins was hit by a van heading westbound near the Martin Luther King exit.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. The van that hit him had 6 people in it, 2 adults and 4 children. None of them were hurt in the accident.

The westbound lane was closed for four hours.