Friday, September 28, 2012

Construction worker thrown into equipment after being hit by bus in Warren

Warren — A bizarre series of events has left a construction worker fighting for his life Friday morning after a roadside collision with a bus.

According to Deputy Commissioner Louis Galasso, the event occurred at about 8 a.m. at a construction site at Ryan and Chicago roads.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Bloomfield Twp. police: Alcohol factor in fatal crash on I-75

Bloomfield Township — Alcohol appears to be a factor in a single car fatal rollover crash that occurred at about 2:50 a.m. Monday, which closed a section of Interstate 75 for several hours.

According to the Bloomfield Township Police Department, the crash occurred on southbound I-75 near South Boulevard, when a 1997 Buick ran off the right side of the roadway and into a ditch.

The lone occupant of the vehicle was dead at the scene, with police withholding identification of the victim pending notification to next of kin.

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Friday, September 21, 2012

Woman hospitalized after car-train crash in Ann Arbor Twp.

Authorities say a 23-year-old Livonia woman who drove her car into an oncoming train in Ann Arbor Township Friday is in stable condition.

Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office says the woman's 2006 Ford Focus struck a train while it was crossing Pontiac Trail at 4:30 a.m. The car was badly damaged and pushed into a ditch.

The train operator didn't immediately notice the collision and continued. However, another train crossing that location at about 6 a.m. called 911.

The driver was pinned down, but Ann Arbor firefighters were able to free her using extraction tools. The woman, who was transported to a nearby hospital, is expected to fully recover from her injuries.

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Woman who tumbled with Meijer cart loses case


Flint — The Michigan appeals court says Meijer shoppers should have no trouble seeing a 12-foot crack in the parking lot.

The court has reversed the decision of a Genesee County judge and thrown out a lawsuit filed by a 42-year-old shopper in Flint. Deborah Hudspeth says she was pushing her cart through a Meijer parking lot in 2009 when the wheels caught a crack. The cart tipped over and so did Hudspeth, who suffered injuries.

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Paralyzed snowboarder loses lawsuit against Boyne

Boyne Falls — A man paralyzed while snowboarding at Boyne Mountain Ski Resort has failed to persuade the state appeals court to reinstate his lawsuit.

Patrick N. Anderson says a certain jump was not obvious before he was badly injured in Boyne's terrain park. His expert says the jump should have been constructed in a safer way.

But the appeals court pointed to a state law and ruled in favor of Boyne. The law grants immunity to ski area operators and says skiers and snowboarders know there are dangers when they hit the slopes.

The court says Anderson would have seen the jump if he heeded all signs and warnings.

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Monday, September 17, 2012

Boy, 2, father hurt following off-road collision in West Michigan

Albion Township — West Michigan police say a 2-year-old boy suffered serious injuries and his father also was hurt when the dirt-bike they were riding collided with a four-wheeler driven by the child's grandfather.

Calhoun County Sheriff officials say the two off-road vehicles crashed at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

They say a 47-year-old Albion man was driving a four-wheeler when it collided with a dirt bike being driven by his son, a 29-year-old Battle Creek man.

The collision caused the Battle Creek man to lose control of the dirt bike, throwing him and his 2-year-old son.

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Friday, September 14, 2012

Blind lawyer sues in NYC accident

Michigan disability rights activist Richard Bernstein, severely injured when a bicyclist hit him last month in Central Park, is suing the city of New York and its transportation department, alleging they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Bernstein, who is blind, was walking in Central Park's pedestrian lane on Aug. 13, training for his 18th marathon, when a distracted cyclist plowed into him from behind, shattering the Birmingham attorney's hip and hip socket.

Bernstein said Thursday that doctors still don't know if he'll ever be able to run another marathon as he recuperates at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital. Still, Bernstein is determined to have something positive come out of "this horrible situation," he said.

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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Crash hurts 4 by Eastern Market

Detroit — A suspected drunken driver and a car hauler were involved in a crash that left one person in critical condition and three others injured Wednesday morning near Eastern Market.

The I-375 exit near the Gratiot intersection was littered with glass, car fragments and belongings from a battered white Buick overturned at the rear of a car hauler after the crash at 6:45 a.m.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Motorist hits pole, splits car in half in Warren

Warren — A driver was involved in a severe crash 2:30 a.m. Tuesday when his car was split in half by a metal pole near 12 Mile and Schoenherr Road.

A 24-year-old Warren man was driving a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix eastbound on 12 Mile when he lost control of the vehicle and hit several obstructions, including a metal pole at a gas station.

"The vehicle was split in two," Sgt. Chad Richardson said. "It hit a metal pole that sheared it in half."

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Friday, September 7, 2012

Firefighters rescue child from package drop box in Saginaw County

Buena Vista Township — Firefighters used a pry bar to quickly free a child who got trapped inside a drop box for packages at a business.

The rescue happened Thursday night in Saginaw County's Buena Vista Township.

Firefighter Robert Schultz of the Buena Vista fire department tells The Associated Press that someone apparently left the door of the drop box open and the child got inside and closed the door. He says there wasn't too much to the rescue and the child was fine. He didn't know the child's age.

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

EB I-96 at I-696 reopened after overturned truck cleared

Farmington Hills — The Michigan State Police have reopened eastbound I-96 at I-696 after closing it at 4:30 a.m. because of an overturned truck hauling groceries.

According to reports, the truck driver was slightly injured in the incident, but will make a full recovery. The reopening of the freeway was delayed because the products the semi was hauling had to be transferred to another truck.

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Officials report 6th West Nile death in Michigan

Grand Rapids — A 75-year-old Kent County man has died after contracting the West Nile virus, the sixth human fatality from the mosquito-borne disease in Michigan this year.

County health officials didn't release other information about the victim, including his name and date of death, but Michigan Department of Community Health officials confirmed the death Wednesday morning.

It's the second West Nile death in Kent County this year. Lorraine Gutowski, 87, died Aug. 29.

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Warren family 'devastated' by fatal hit-run

Warren — The sister of a man killed by a hit-and-run driver said Tuesday her family was still trying to make sense of his death.

"We're devastated," said Christine Macielak, 50, of Warren. "He was close to me and my mother. He would have been 52 on Sept. 14."

Police have arrested the man accused of killing her brother, Andrew Macielak, 51, also of Warren.

On Tuesday, police identified Macielak as the victim in a hit-and-run crash involving a vehicle and a bicycle.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Patterson says he's 'on the mend' from crash injuries


Rochester Hills — In his first statement since being seriously injured in a car crash last month, Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson declared Tuesday he is "doing very well" in his recovery and attending daily to county business.

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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Woman killed, man injured in plane crash near Brighton Airport


A woman was killed and a man seriously injured when a small plane crashed into a swampy area near Brighton Airport, authorities say.

The two people were on board the plane when it crashed after 8 a.m. Saturday, said Capt. Larry Dewachter of the Brighton Area Fire Authority.

The man was airlifted by Survival Flight helicopter to University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, about 20 miles south of the crash.

Brighton Area Fire Authority Fire Chief Michael O'Brian said the two-seat aircraft crashed in a wooded area on the edge of Woodland Lake near Brighton Airport in Livingston County. He said the pilot was extricated from the plane. The victims have not been identified.

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