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Man charged in Gladstone three-vehicle fatal accident

ESCANABA, MI--   A Gwinn man has been charged in connection with a March crash that killed two people in Gladstone.  

Harley Durocher, 24, was the driver of a semi involved in a three-vehicle accident March 20 at the intersection of US-2/41/M-35 and South Hill Road. 

Killed in the crash were Thomas Swift, 73, of Escanaba and his 73-year-old wife, Barbara.  The driver of a third vehicle—Joyce Scheriff, 72, of Gladstone—was injured in the crash. 

Durocher is charged with two counts of operating with a suspended license causing death, two counts of reckless driving causing death, and two counts of operating with the presence of a controlled substance causing death.  Police say he ran a red light. 

Durocher was driving for L.J. Roberto Logging of Gwinn. 

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.