Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Another elderly man causes a fatal accident: Man, 83, killed in crash with semi-truck in Calhoun County, MI after he run a stop sign

  






The crash occurred Wednesday, July 22, at the intersection of M-66 and K Drive South in Leroy Township, Michigan State Police Sgt. James Campbell said. 
 
By Rex Hall Jr. | rhall2@mlive.com   July 22, 2015
EAST LEROY, MI – 

An 83-year-old man was killed Wednesday after he ran a stop sign in Calhoun County and his pickup truck was struck by a semi-truck, police said.

The crash occurred at the intersection of M-66 and K Drive South in Leroy Township, Michigan State Police Sgt. James Campbell said.

Campbell said the driver of the pickup truck, a Leroy Township man whose name has not been released, was driving east on K Drive South and pulling a small fishing boat when he failed to stop for a stop sign at the intersection of M-66 and drove into the path of a northbound semi-truck.

Campbell, a MSP crash reconstructionist, said police found no evidence that the man attempted to apply his brakes before he ran the stop sign and police are investigating to see if a medical issue may have played a role in the crash.

Campbell said speed was not a factor in the crash. The driver of the semi-truck was not hurt in the crash, the sergeant said.


Elderly drivers cause many accidents.  We need to force drivers to take driving refresher courses every 5 years or more often.  Drivers must also be tested for eye-sight, hearing, drugs, etc.  Many thousands of deaths and hundreds of thousands of injuries would be prevented if we do so.  Please remember that a vehicle is a lethal weapon and only a regularly-trained, capable and fit person should operate it.