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Woman dies in Baraga Township accident

BARAGA TOWNSHIP, MI--   A L’Anse woman has been killed in an accident in Baraga County.

The Sheriff’s Office says it happened Wednesday around 7:30 a.m. on Mission Road just south of US-41 in Baraga Township.

The driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee was killed in the crash. She’s identified as Beth LaFernier, 21, of L’Anse.

No other details are available at this time.

The accident remains under investigation.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.