Hillsdale County man killed in single-vehicle crash Saturday in Lenawee County
(CBS DETROIT) - A Hillsdale County man was killed as a result of a single-vehicle crash Saturday in Lenawee County's Rome Township, the Michigan State Police, Monroe post reported.
The fatality was a 29-year-old man from Waldron, who drive the Dodge Caravan involved in the crash. His passenger, a 27-year-old woman from Waldron, was taken by Lenawee Community Ambulance to Henry Ford Jackson Hospital for treatment of her injuries.
Troopers reported that the caravan was eastbound on US-223, near Woerner Road, about 7 p.m. when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree.
US-223 was shut down for about four hours during investigation of the crash, reopening around 11 p.m.
Troopers were assisted on scene by the Lenawee County Sheriff's Department, the Cambridge Police Department, the Lenawee Community Ambulance, the Addison Fire Department and the Cambridge Fire Department.
The Monroe post asks that anyone with information about the incident is contact Trooper Ryan Kalnbach at 734-242-3500.
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