LINCOLN PARK, MI (AP)— A Michigan State Police officer will be taken off life support after his vehicle was rear-ended last week while parked along I-75 near Detroit. Daniel Kerstetter worked for the state police Motor Carrier Division, which keeps an eye on trucks and other commercial vehicles.

With hospital staff and officers standing all around her, tears on faces and noses red, the wife of Michigan State Police Motor Carrier Officer Daniel Kerstetter craned her neck up toward the sky for a moment with her eyes closed. Then she walked towards the flag-covered casket.

Motor Carrier Officer Daniel Kerstetter, 45, was conducting a traffic stop when investigators said another driver hit his patrol vehicle.

A Michigan State Police motor carrier officer has died from injuries he sustained Friday when his vehicle was struck by another car along I-75, pinning it under a semi. MSP officials confirm to 7 News Detroit that Officer Daniel Kerstetter was removed from life support after the decision was made about organ donation.

Michigan State Police Officer Daniel Kerstetter will be removed from life support following a severe traffic accident.

Kerstetter, 45, could not overcome the injuries he sustained in the Friday crash, and his family decided to donate his organs, according to the state police.

Motor Carrier Officer Daniel Kerstetter will be taken off life support just days after a crash on I-75 in Detroit, police say.

A Michigan State Police trooper died Sunday, Sept. 15, after he was struck by a Ford Explorer around 8:30 a.m. Friday along northbound I-75 in Lincoln Park. (MLive File Photo)