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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