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Twin Lakes man killed in ORV-SUV accident

HOUGHTON COUNTY, MI--   A man has been killed in an ORV crash in Houghton County.

Sheriff’s deputies say it happened Saturday around 9:40 a.m. on M-26 near Twin Lakes. An 86-year-old Twin Lakes man was driving his side-by-side to an ORV trail across the highway but didn’t yield to oncoming traffic. His vehicle was struck by an SUV driven by a 23-year-old man head-on near the shoulder of the southbound lane.

The 86-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the SUV wasn’t injured.

The incident 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.