SANDS TOWNSHIP, MI— Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on M-553 in Sands Township Wednesday.
The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched around 2:15 p.m. to the intersection with Kelly Johnson Memorial Drive. Deputies say a southbound Ford Edge was stopped and waiting to turn east onto Kelly Johnson Memorial Drive when it was rear-ended by a Jeep Grand Cherokee. The Ford rolled onto its side and the Jeep came to rest on the shoulder of M-553.
The driver of the Jeep, a Gwinn woman, was treated at the scene, ticketed, and released. The driver and passenger of the Ford, two Gwinn residents, were taken to UPHS-Marquette and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Deputies were assisted at the scene by the Michigan State Police, Sands Township Fire and EMS, various citizens, and Heavy Hooker Towing.
