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One person taken to hospital following Portage Township accident

PORTAGE TOWNSHIP, MI--   An Atlantic Mine man was injured when his vehicle crashed in Houghton County Sunday.

The Sheriff’s Office says it happened around 9:45 a.m. on Paradise Road near Pilgrim Road in Portage Township.

The 18-year-old man was navigating a corner when he lost control of his vehicle. It went into a ditch, hit a driveway culvert, continued eastbound and hit a utility pole.

The driver was taken to UPHS-Portage for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

Deputies say he was wearing a seatbelt and neither alcohol nor drugs were involved in the accident.

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.