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Fatal accident in eastern U.P.

DAFTER TOWNSHIP, MI--   One person was killed in a Chippewa County traffic crash Thursday.

Troopers from the Sault Ste. Marie Post say it happened just after 1 p.m. on the Mackinac Trail in Dafter Township. The driver of a passenger car was exiting a private driveway and drove into the path of a northbound pickup truck.

The driver of the car, identified as 84-year-old Joe Mongene, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash 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.