A 21-year-old Howell man was in critical condition in a local hospital Monday after his car collided with another vehicle, spun off the road and hit the side of a day care in Genoa Township.
Adults and children were inside the School Bell Teaching and Leaning Center on Grand River Avenue at 11:30 a.m. when the crash occurred, but nobody was hurt, Michigan State Police said.
"We didn't know anything had happened,'' said Linda Church, a teaching assistant.
The 2006 Chevrolet Malibu spun across the street, over a plastic fence and struck the building near an entryway, but did not penetrate the exterior wall.
The driver suffered serious injuries and was taken by Survival Flight to the University of Michigan Hospital, State Police said.
A preliminary State Police investigation showed the man did not see an oncoming vehicle as he tried to turn left from Pless Drive onto the eastbound side of Grand River Avenue. Before he could complete the turn, his car was struck by a 2002 GMC Envoy traveling west on the inside lane of Grand River Avenue. A third car, which was not hit, was turning right from Grand River Avenue onto Pless Drive at the time.
The driver of the Envoy, a 44-year-old Howell man, was taken by Livingston County EMS to the U-M Hospital. He was listed in good condition on Monday afternoon, police said.
The crash is still being investigated.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
County Prosecutor In Car Accident
The Shiawassee County prosecutor is recovering after a car accident - and the sheriff's department says alcohol was involved.
A local prosecutor is under investigation by his own sheriff's department.
It's a story 6 News broke Wednesday.
Shiawassee County Prosecutor Randy Colbry ended up in the hospital Tuesday.
That's after a car accident on M-21 in Venice Township.
Officials say alcohol was a factor in the crash.
Reporter Stephanie Kolp: "Do we know when he'll be back?"
County Administrator Margaret McAvoy: "I don't not know that?"
Kolp: "Do you know who caused it?"
Sheriff George Braidwood: "That's still under investigation."
Kolp: "Was he on vacation at the time, yesterday?"
McAvoy: "I do not know."
Lots of questions, very few answers.
Shiawassee County Prosecutor Randy Colbry got into a two car accident Tuesday.
Alcohol was a factor in the crash, but officials won't say which driver was under the influence.
The accident happened at the intersection of M-21 and Vernon Road. We talked to people who say they saw the whole accident.
They say one car hit another and then sped off down Vernon Road. The witnesses say it didn't take long for police to catch up with that car. The driver was pulled over just about a mile from here.
Whether that driver was Colbry no one will say.
Officials also won't confirm if the accident was a hit and run, saying it's still under investigation.
Sheriff Braidwood: "This investigation is not be conducted in any other way than any other incident of this nature would be."
Except reports from incidents like these usually go to the prosecutor's office, but the county administrator says that won't happen this time.
McAvoy: "It will be forwarded to the attorney general's office and any further determinations will come from the attorney general's office or any further inquiries should be referred there."
And hopefully the attorney general will answer some questions about what exactly happened here.
The prosecutor's office referred all calls to the county administrator.
Colbry did not respond to phone calls at home numbers listed for him.
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A local prosecutor is under investigation by his own sheriff's department.
It's a story 6 News broke Wednesday.
Shiawassee County Prosecutor Randy Colbry ended up in the hospital Tuesday.
That's after a car accident on M-21 in Venice Township.
Officials say alcohol was a factor in the crash.
Reporter Stephanie Kolp: "Do we know when he'll be back?"
County Administrator Margaret McAvoy: "I don't not know that?"
Kolp: "Do you know who caused it?"
Sheriff George Braidwood: "That's still under investigation."
Kolp: "Was he on vacation at the time, yesterday?"
McAvoy: "I do not know."
Lots of questions, very few answers.
Shiawassee County Prosecutor Randy Colbry got into a two car accident Tuesday.
Alcohol was a factor in the crash, but officials won't say which driver was under the influence.
The accident happened at the intersection of M-21 and Vernon Road. We talked to people who say they saw the whole accident.
They say one car hit another and then sped off down Vernon Road. The witnesses say it didn't take long for police to catch up with that car. The driver was pulled over just about a mile from here.
Whether that driver was Colbry no one will say.
Officials also won't confirm if the accident was a hit and run, saying it's still under investigation.
Sheriff Braidwood: "This investigation is not be conducted in any other way than any other incident of this nature would be."
Except reports from incidents like these usually go to the prosecutor's office, but the county administrator says that won't happen this time.
McAvoy: "It will be forwarded to the attorney general's office and any further determinations will come from the attorney general's office or any further inquiries should be referred there."
And hopefully the attorney general will answer some questions about what exactly happened here.
The prosecutor's office referred all calls to the county administrator.
Colbry did not respond to phone calls at home numbers listed for him.
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