Police investigate fatal accident
(Riley Township) – One person is dead and another injured following two separate crashes on westbound I-69 this morning. Deputies were called to a rollover crash in St. Clair County’s Riley Township around 8:30 this morning.
A truck hauling a horse trailer had lost control on the slippery road and slid into the ditch on the north side of the road, causing the truck and trailer to roll over.
Two occupants got out and were waiting for a tow truck, when another vehicle lost control and slid into the same ditch, striking both people standing there.
One person was killed when he was pinned between the trailer and the car. The second person standing in the ditch suffered what are believed to be non- life threatening injuries.
Deputies were still at the scene as of mid-morning and one lane of westbound I-69 is closed to traffic.
Emmett Township Fire and Rescue, Michigan State Police and Tri-Hospital EMS assisted at the scene.
