Police say Constantine man drowned in watercraft accident

CONSTANTINE -- Results of a preliminary autopsy show that a Constantine man whose body was found in the St. Joseph River early Monday died from drowning, police said.

Larry Sweet was a passenger on a personal watercraft that ran out of gas and overturned in the river near Winding River Road, according to Michigan State Police.

Neither Sweet nor the driver of the craft, whom police have not identified, were wearing life jackets at the time, investigators said.

Motorcyclist hurt in crash

on South Sprinkle Road

BRADY TOWNSHIP -- A Vicksburg man was injured Monday when he was thrown from his motorcycle during a crash on South Sprinkle Road, police said.

Robert VanderKamp, 52, was riding south at about 9 p.m. in the 12600 block of Sprinkle Road and preparing to turn into his driveway when his motorcycle was struck in the rear by a car driven by Alex Peterson, 17, of Vicksburg, according to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.

VanderKamp suffered minor injuries in the crash and was taken to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, where he was treated and released, a sheriff's office news release said.

Police said Peterson was cited at the scene of the crash for failing to stop within an assured clear distance.

Truck driver arrested

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Michigan man dies in crash on I-80 in Nevada

ELKO, Nev.—The Nevada Highway Patrol says a Michigan man was killed and another was seriously injured when their car hit a construction zone barrel and overturned on Interstate 80.
Officers say 26-year-old Raman Agrawal of Okemos was taken to a hospital in Salt Lake City where he died.
The driver, 22-year-old Joshua Peters of East Lansing, suffered serious injuries in the Saturday afternoon crash.
Investigators say neither man was wearing a seat belt and both were ejected.
Authorities say speed may have contributed to the accident.


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