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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Authorities say a 15-year-old driver and his mother are dead following a crash involving a tanker truck hauling milk in St. Clair County. The sheriff’s department says Jarrod Robert Smith, who had a learner’s permit, was driving an SUV around 3:30 p.m. Thursday in Burtchville Township when he stopped at an intersection and turned left into the path of the semi. The department says the Wixom boy and his 52-year-old mother, Karen Kay Smith, died. The boy’s 21-year-old sister Kaitlyn Smith was in the back seat and was taken to a hospital where she was treated for minor injuries and released.