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Driver killed in Marquette County accident

MICHIGAMME TOWNSHIP, MI--   A downstate woman has been killed in a multiple-vehicle crash in Michigamme Township.

Around 6 p.m. Saturday troopers from the Negaunee Post were dispatched to US-41 near mile marker 102. Officers say a Pontiac Aztek driven by a 20-year-old Fenton woman was westbound when she lost control of the vehicle and hit

Two eastbound vehicles.

The driver suffered fatal injuries. Her passenger, a 19-year-old woman from Brighton, was taken to UPHS-Marquette with serious injuries. Two other injured motorists were taken to UPHS-Bell for treatment.

The crash remains under investigation.

Michigan State Police were assisted at the scene by the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office, Michigamme/Spur First Responders, Marquette County Rescue 131, the Michigamme Fire Department, Champion Fire Department, and the Marquette County Road Commission.

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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.