Tanker Pickup Crash

Sanilac County Sheriff deputies were called to the scene of a two vehicle accident involving a pickup and a fuel tanker around noon Monday on M-53 south of Deckerville Road in Evergreen Township. According to police, 58-year-old Gregory Biddinger of Cass City was traveling north on M-53 when his pickup crossed the centerline into the path of the southbound fuel tanker. The driver of the tanker, 45-year-old Robert Mullins from Riverview saw the pickup coming and was able to avoid a head-on collision but the pickup still struck the side of the tanker. The tanker was not loaded at the time of the crash. Police say alcohol was not a factor and Cass City EMS responded to the scene to assess the injuries, the extent of which were not reported by police.