HARPER WOODS, Mich. (AP) — A 2-year-old child who was buckled into a car safety seat was the only survivor of a freeway crash in suburban Detroit early Monday morning that killed four other people, police said. 
 
 The sport utility vehicle was passing other vehicles at a high speed in the left eastbound lane of Interstate 94 in Harper Woods about 1 a.m. Monday when the driver lost control, crossed three lanes and hit a bridge, Michigan State Police said in a statement. 
 
 Four people inside ranging in age from 18 to 25 years and who were not wearing seatbelts died instantly, police said. At least two of them were ejected from the SUV during the crash. The child passenger suffered as minor injuries. 
 
 "The baby was in the car seat," witness John Wade told WXYZ-TV. "That was the only thing that probably ... saved the baby." 
 
 The eastbound lanes were closed for several hours on Monday morning following the crash. 
 
 Names of those involved in the crash haven't been released. State police said a traffic crash reconstruction unit is investigating. 

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 A one-year-old child who was buckled into a car safety seat was the only survivor of a freeway crash in Harper Woods early Monday morning that killed four young adults also traveling in the SUV, police said. 
 
 The 2006 Buick SUV was speeding past other vehicles in the left eastbound lane of Interstate-94 about 1 a.m. Monday when the 20-year-driver, Doreal Rodgers, lost control, skidded across three lanes and hit the 8 Mile Road overpass, Michigan State Police said in a statement. 
 
 Rodgers, front-seat passenger, Alesia Maddox, and rear seat passengers Armonie Maddox and Ervin Johnson were not wearing seatbelts and died instantly, police said. 
 
 The two back seat passengers were ejected from the car, while the two front seat passengers were crushed in the vehicle, with firefighters having to cut them out of the car. 
 
 The only survivor was a toddler who had been strapped into a car seat in the back — the son of Alesia Maddox — who had turned one on Saturday. The child was taken to a local hospital for minor injuries. He was put in the care of family members. 
 
 Rodgers, Alesia Maddox, 20, and Armonie Maddox, 18, were from Detroit. Johnson, 18, lived in nearby Eastpointe. 
 
 “The baby was in the car seat,” witness John Wade told WXYZ-TV. “That was the only thing that probably … saved the baby.” 
 
 The eastbound lanes were closed for several hours on Monday morning following the crash. 
 
 State Police planned to get a search warrant to look into the car's "black box" for information on speed and how the driver was braking. 
 
 State Police's public information officer, Lt. Michael Shaw, said at a press conference Monday the department will give the family a few days to grieve before getting in touch to find out more details. As of now, police are unsure of where the car was going. 
 
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– "It wasn't the right age, it wasn't the right fit, it wasn't the right anything and still saved this kid's life." So says Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw of the car seat that was holding a 1-year-old during an I-94 crash near Detroit Monday that claimed the lives of four unbuckled adults. The sole survivor of the crash was the toddler. "The baby was in the car seat," witness John Wade tells WXYZ-TV of the 1am crash. "That was the only thing that probably ... saved the baby." The AP and Free-Press report the Buick SUV was driving at high speeds in Harper Woods when the driver tried to pass another car, lost control, careened across the lanes, and ended up striking a bridge. The dead have been identified as driver Doreal Rogers, 20; front-seat passenger Alesia Maddox, 20; and Armonie Maddox and Ervin Johnson, both 18, who were in the back. The Maddoxes were brother and sister. The front-seat passengers were pinned in the car by the impact; those in the back were ejected. The child, who belonged to Alesia Maddox, had just turned one on Saturday. First responders described the crash as one of the worst they've seen. "Just the amount of carnage I guess involved in this crash, it kind of set a lot of people back," says Shaw. (This is one of the weirder car crashes to happen of late.)