ISHPEMING, MI-- Three people are hospitalized, following a two-vehicle accident in Ishpeming.
The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office says it happened Thursday around 4:40 p.m. on US-41 at North Lake Drive. A 72-year-old Ishpeming man failed to yield to eastbound highway traffic and entered the intersection from North Lake Drive. He hit a Sara Lee delivery truck driven by a 41-year-old Negaunee man.
Both vehicles suffered heavy damage.
All three occupants of the pickup truck had to be extracted with the Jaws of Life. They were taken to UPHS-Marquette with minor injuries and are in stable condition.
Eastbound traffic was blocked for about an hour while officials investigated the scene.
