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Monday, December 30, 201317-year-old Hayleigh Borton is in critical condition after a car crash in Lowell Township Wednesday morning.
It happened in the 11000 block of 36th Street SE.
According to police, 18-year-old Alexandra Tremblay was driving a Ford Taurus west on 36th Street when she tried to avoid a pickup truck that had stopped on the road to help a driver who had gone into a ditch.
Tremblay was not injured, but the girl in the front passenger seat was seriously injured. She was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Monday, December 9, 201381-year-old Harold Short of Farwell died in a two-vehicle crash in Clare County's Surrey Township. Authorities say Short was a passenger in a vehicle that was hit head-on by another vehicle that crossed the center line.
What every family needs to know about wrongful death claims
When a person dies as the result of a car, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, or other kind of accident, family members must deal with the tragedy as best they can. Many decisions need to be made, and a wrongful death claim needs to be filed.
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Friday, December 6, 2013A woman from Mount Pleasant died after her SUV crashed on a road in Montcalm County.
Adeanna Marie Sexton, 31, was driving north on Wyman Road near Lake Montcalm Road, south of Edmore, when she failed to negotiate the curves in the road, police said.
She lost control of her vehicle, which left the road to the right, crossed Wyman Road, and struck a tree. The impact was on the driver’s side of the vehicle.
Sexton was pronounced dead at the scene around 8:11 p.m. Dec. 7, according to a news release.
She was wearing a seat belt.
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Monday, December 2, 2013Authorities say two people are dead after a minivan crashed and burned along an icy southwestern Michigan roadway.
The crash happened about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in Kalamazoo County's Oshtemo Township.
A Kalamazoo County confirmed the deaths. Identities of those involved weren't immediately released.
What every family needs to know about wrongful death claims