JACKSON, Mich. (WLNS) — Police are nonetheless investigating a lethal crash in Ingham County that killed Jeffrey Wendt, 53, of Mason, on Monday.
The Ingham County Sheriff’s Workplace says Wendt was touring eastbound on Howell Rd. and didn’t cease at a cease signal at M-52. His automobile crashed right into a semi-truck, resulting in him being pinned beneath it. Wendt died on the scene. The motive force of the semi-truck, a 23-year-old man from Perry, was unhurt.
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“There was a semi traveling southbound and there’s no stop sign there southbound…and there’s a stop sign eastbound Howell at M-52 and that vehicle just ran the stop sign,” mentioned Captain of the Ingham County Sheriff’s Workplace Andrew Daenzer.
Daenzer says the crash remains to be below investigation, however daylight may have contributed to the crash.
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“Certainly, we’ve had problems in that intersection with the sun being in folks’ eyes and the timing of that. So that could be a contributor, but certainly, the investigation isn’t done,” Daenzer mentioned.
Kelly Heffentrager is a supervisor at Selection Farm Market, simply up the road from the crash website. She says crashes like these occur on M-52 continuously.
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“Just from people coming in and the roads being backed up. We always know if there’s an accident on the highway or on this road because the whole road gets pretty lined up real fast,” Heffentrager mentioned. “Everyone came in, they were all talking about it. A lot of people did ask if we knew who it was because they are from the area.”
For now, deputies will proceed to analyze the crash.
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“The next step is just our investigators putting all the pieces together, gathering all the evidence they can to try to get a good picture as to what happened,” Daenzer mentioned.
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