LAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI— The driver in a fatal Luce County crash last month has been arrested.
On the morning of December 18, Eric Wayne Edwards, 19, of Newberry was eastbound on M-28 in Lakefield Township when his pickup crossed the centerline. It struck a minivan driven by Alice Nelson, 64, of Newberry.
Nelson was killed in the crash.
Edwards was arrested December 29 and arraigned on a charge of operating while intoxicated, causing death. He was released on a personal recognizance bond with an alcohol monitor tether.
A probable cause hearing is scheduled for January 12 in 92nd District Court.
