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A motorist is dead after crashing head-on into a Detroit Department of Transportation bus on Gratiot Avenue on Detroit's east side Thursday morning, Dave Bartkowiak Jr. of WDIV reports. 

The crash happened about 6:30 a.m. on Gratiot Avenue near Jane Avenue on the city's east side. The motorist was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Five of the eight passengers on the bus suffered minor injuries.

Read more: WDIV