ADAMS TOWNSHIP, MI-- Two people were injured when a car hit a crane in Houghton County’s Adams Township Thursday morning.
Around 2 a.m. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the accident on Canal Road near Old Mill Hill Road. The vehicle rear-ended a crane that was fixing damage caused by the 2018 Father’s Day flood. The car caught on fire. Flames also damaged the crane.
The driver and one passenger were taken to UPHS-Portage with non-life-threatening injuries. Two other passengers fled the scene before deputies arrived but were found a short time later.
Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.
