L'ANSE TOWNSHIP, MI— Michigan State Police from the Calumet Post are investigating a traffic accident that took the life of a Northern Michigan University student.
On Thursday, troopers assisted NMU Public Safety and the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Police Department in a search of a missing person. Public Safety had called the Baraga County Sheriff’s Office to request a wellbeing check in L’Anse for Virgil Mongozid, 18. He was allegedly involved in an incident investigated by NMU officers the night before. Troopers and officers from the KBIC PD contacted Mongozid’s sister, who said she hadn’t seen him since 2 a.m. that day.
Officials initiated a search for Mongozid. An area broadcast was put out for him and his vehicle, a late 80s single-cab Ford F-150.
On Sunday, state police responded to a vehicle on eastbound US-41 near the entrance of Baraga County Memorial Hospital in L’Anse Township. Officers discovered the driver, later identified as Virgil Mongozid, deceased inside.
Troopers believe the crash happened in the early morning hours of Thursday. Investigation into the incident is ongoing.
