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Woman cited in Marquette Township accident

MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP, MI--   A Skandia woman was taken to the hospital following a two-vehicle crash in Marquette Township Wednesday.  

State Police from the Negaunee Post say it happened around 4:25 p.m. on US-41 in front of GFS Foods. 

Troopers say Alexis Pomplun, 22, of Berlin, Wisconsin was westbound in the inside lane when a vehicle driven by Anita Vartti, 79, of Skandia started into the westbound lanes from the service road and hit Pomplun’s vehicle. 

Pomplun was treated at the scene.  Vartti was taken to UP Health System Marquette, and is expected to recover. 

Vartti was cited for failing to yield. 

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.