By Jim Measel
May 10, 2021 | 6:10 PM
CALIFORNIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) â Three persons suffered minor injuries on Monday afternoon when two vehicles collided at the intersection of Fremont and Copeland Roads in California Township.
The Branch County Sheriffâs Department says the crash happened at about 2:25 p.m. when a east bound vehicle driven by 27-year-old Jay Phillip Michael of Kendallville, Indiana failed to yield for a stop sign at the intersection and was struck by a north bound vehicle driven by 86-year-old Norbert Kunk of Coldwater.
The two drivers along with a passenger in the Kunk vehicle, 86-year-old Martha Jean Kunk of Coldwater, were all taken to ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital.
Fremont firefighters battle 30-acre fire
Credit: Fremont Fire Department
and last updated 2021-05-10 13:24:38-04
FREMONT, Mich. â Firefighters battled a 30-acre wildfire in Fremont Sunday.
nd Sunday.
The fire department says the DNR and U.S. Forest Service trenched a line around the fire Sunday night.
Crews planned to mop up hot spots on Monday.
At this time it s unclear what started the fire.
The Fremont Fire Department was helped by the Hesperia, White Cloud, Newaygo, Grand and Holton fire departments, as well as the Michigan DNR and U.S. Fire Service.
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Bronson woman injured in Monday morning California Township crash By Jim Measel
May 10, 2021 | 1:30 PM
CALIFORNIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) â The Branch County Sheriffâs Department says a Bronson woman was injured Monday morning when she fell asleep at the wheel of her vehicle and struck a tree in California Township.
The crash was reported at about 7:50 a.m. on Fremont Road north of Waters Road.
The Sheriffâs Department says 46-year-old Merideth Kaye Goodsell was heading north on Fremont Road when she fell asleep.
Her vehicle then crossed the center line, left the road and struck a tree.
Goodsell had to be extricated from the wreckage with the jaws of life by the Fremont Fire Department.
ANGOLA â An Angola woman was flown to Parkview Regional Medical Center, Fort Wayne, after a 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche pickup she was a passenger in was struck by a semi-tractor trailer on U.S. 20 at C.R. 600W Tuesday morning.
Marion M. Pocock, 53, of Angola was taken first by Steuben County Emergency Medical Services to the Tri-State Steuben County Municipal Airport before being taken via a waiting Samaritan Helicopter to the Fort Wayne hospital.
She was last listed in critical condition, said a media release from the Steuben County Sheriffâs Department.
The release said Raymond J. Parks, 26, Kendallville, was driving his 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche northbound on C.R. 600W when he failed to yield the right-of-way to the 1995 Kenworth semi-tractor trailer driven by Jose G. Fregoso, 54, Zephyrhills, Florida.