FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, MI-- A Houghton man has been killed in a crash between a snowmobile and a passenger vehicle.
Michigan State Police from the Calumet Post say it happened Thursday around 4:30 p.m. in Franklin Township. Timothy Young, 53, of Houghton was southbound on Trail #3 when he failed to yield while crossing Lake Annie Road. Young was hit by a Subaru driven by Stephen Wright, 21, of Atlantic Mine.
Lifesaving efforts were performed by responders, but Young succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Wright was not injured.
Speed and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the accident, which remains under investigation.
