2 men injured in high-speed accident
MORTON TOWNSHIP — Two men were injured after their car crashed into a tree at a high rate of speed this morning.
Mecosta County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the accident at 9:05 a.m. on 5 Mile Road near 120th Avenue.
Deputies found that a car traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed lost control on a curve and slid off the roadway into a tree.
The driver of the vehicle, Michael Leonard, 22, of Lakeview, was transported by Mecosta County Emergency Medical Services to Spectrum Health Kelesy Hospital in Lakeview.
A passenger of the vehicle, Ross Daniels, 23, of Three Rivers, was transported to a Grand Rapids hospital by AeroMed.
Both men are believed to have non-life-threatening injuries.
Deputies were assisted by Morley and Morton Township Fire and Rescue.
Elisabeth Waldon
Elisabeth Waldon is news editor of The Daily News, where she began as an intern in 2001. Her beat includes courts/cops/crime and Montcalm County government. She is also editor of The Carson City Gazette. She loves investigative reporting, telling small-town stories, frequenting music halls, experimenting with photography and being a wife and mother in the "Panhandle" of Montcalm County.Elisabeth Waldon has written 553 articles.
