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Portage Township crash injures 83-year-old man

PORTAGE TOWNSHIP, MI--   A Stanton Township man was taken to the hospital following a two-vehicle accident in Portage Township Wednesday morning. 

The Houghton County Sheriff’s Office says it happened at 7:35 a.m. on M-26 at the intersection of Canal Road. A vehicle driven by Norbert Verville, 83, tried to turn left onto M-26 but didn’t properly yield at the stop sign. He hit a southbound vehicle driven by Marne Anderson, 50, of Calumet.

Verville was taken to UPHS-Portage for treatment of unknown injuries. Anderson was not injured in the crash.

Both drivers were wearing seatbelts.

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.