SAULT STE. MARIE, MI-- A reckless driver caused a fatal crash in Sault Ste. Marie last week.
Thursday around 8 p.m. the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls reporting the erratic driving of a truck in Pickford heading to the Soo on M-129. The driver was speeding, hitting mailboxes and driving into the oncoming lane. At one point threw a tire iron out the window at another vehicle.
A deputy tried to stop the truck, which was traveling at a high rate of speed. The vehicle hit a small passenger car that had pulled to the side of the road near 20th Street. The impact propelled the car into an electric pole, ejecting the 20-year-old driver.
The truck continued northbound, took out a stop sign and electric pole guide wire, crashed into three parked cars and hit a building.
The driver was taken to War Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries. The driver of the small car was pronounced dead at the scene.
