REPUBLIC TOWNSHIP, MI-- A Republic man has been killed in a motorcycle accident.
State Police from the Negaunee Post were dispatched Thursday around 6:40 a.m. to M-95 near Grosbeak Lane in Republic Township.
Preliminary investigation indicates Charles Boshears, 56, was southbound on a Harley Davidson motorcycle when he swerved to avoid a deer in the road. The bike left the roadway and appears to have collided with several trees.
Boshears was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Anttila’s Towing, UPHS-Marquette, the Michigan State Police accident reconstructionist and the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.
