THOMPSON TOWNSHIP, MI— One person is dead and another injured, following an ATV crash in Schoolcraft County over the weekend.
Michigan State Police from the Manistique Outpost were dispatched Sunday around 8:15 p.m. to Hemlock Trail in Thompson Township. Troopers found the driver had lost control of the ATV, which overturned and ejected the driver and a passenger. The vehicle then rolled over the driver, causing life-threatening injuries.
Lifesaving measures were attempted at the scene, but the 33-year-old male driver from Chicago was pronounced dead at Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital. The 11-year-old female passenger—who is the niece of the driver—suffered minor injuries. Neither was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
The accident remains under investigation.
Troopers were assisted by Manistique Public Safety and the Sault Tribal Police Department.
