Janet Stimson, 62, dies after her car is rear-ended on East Burnside and Brown City Roads in Lapeer County, Michigan

Janet Stimson, 62, died Friday evening, March 6, from injuries sustained during a car crash at the intersection of Burnside and Brown City roads in Burnside Township, just outside Brown City, in Lapeer County, according to a Lapeer County Sheriff's Department news release. Janet Stimson, 62, of Brown City, was driving west on East Burnside Road at around 4:16 p.m. on Monday, March 2, when she slowed to make a left turn onto Brown City Road. According to the Lapeer County Sheriff's Department, Paul Schlaud, 56, of Lapeer, was also westbound on Burnside and rear-ended Stimson's vehicle. Both parties were taken to Marlette Regional Medical Center in Marlette. Schlaud was treated and released. Stimson was transferred to Beaumont Health System in Royal Oak, where she died on the evening of March 6. If you have information on the accident, please contact Detective Sgt. Jason Parks at 810-245-1381 or by email at jparks@lapeercounty.org.

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