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.
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.
By Jim Measel
May 4, 2021 | 3:53 PM
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, IN (WTVB) â An Angola woman was critically injured Tuesday morning when a semi-tractor trailer and a pickup truck collided on U.S. 20 and County Road 600 West in Steuben County.
The Steuben County Sheriffâs Office says the crash happened at 9:07 a.m. when a 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche driven by 26-year-old Raymond J. Parks of Kendallville, Indiana failed to yield at the intersection and was struck on the passenger side by the semi which was driven by 54-year-old Jose G. Fregoso of Zephyrhills, Florida.
The impact caused the Avalanche to roll over. 53-year-old Marion M. Pocock had to be extricated from the vehicle by the Angola and Fremont Fire Departments.
In its preliminary report, the fire department determined that the cause of the fire was molten aluminum and hydraulic fluid used in the massive machine. Luckily, no injury was reported and the blaze was brought under control rather quickly.
In a newly released statement, Knowles said, “Fremont firefighters responded to a working fire at the Tesla Factory (45500 Fremont Blvd) at 4:27 PM. Located in an area of the factory property that is under construction, the deep-seated fire was contained to a vehicle manufacturing stamping machine … the cause was molten aluminum and hydraulic fluid.”
The Tesla Fire Response Team coordinated with the fighters from the Fremont Fire Department in controlling and extinguishing the blaze. A couple of Fremont Fire engines and one truck remained at the scene for several hours.