St. Ignace MSP officer receives bravery award
The Sault News
ST. IGNACE Michigan State Police Motor Carrier Officer Jacob Lauer, assigned to the St. Ignace Post, received the department’s Bravery Award during an Employee Recognition ceremony in Lansing on Monday.
“The Citation for Bravery is awarded when a member knowingly performs an act in the line of duty which endangers or exposes him or herself to serious injury and when, because of the nature of the action, a life may be saved, a serious crime prevented or a person arrested who has committed a serious crime,” said Lieutenant Chad Larsen with the Michigan State Police.
Police investigating double-fatal, fiery Jamestown Twp. crash
Sentinel Staff
JAMESTOWN TWP. Two people died in a fiery crash involving a tanker-truck and a car on M-6, just east of Eighth Avenue in Jamestown Township early Sunday morning.
Since the 5:25 a.m. crash, officials said the accident was fatal for both drivers. According to the Ottawa County Sheriff s Office, a tanker-truck rolled over on the westbound lanes of M-6. When deputies arrived at the scene, both the tanker-truck and another vehicle that struck the tanker-truck were fully involved in flames. First responders were unable to get to the drivers.
Once the fire was extinguished, police located one driver in each vehicle, both of whom were pronounced dead at the scene. Their identities are being withheld pending family notification.
Alpena News editorial
Motor Carrier Officer Matthew Dowell was honored recently as the Michigan State Police’s Motor Carrier Officer of the Year for ethical behavior, dedication to duty, and concern for giving back to the community.
Motor carrier officers are often the unsung heroes of the State Police force.
In charge of enforcing commercial traffic laws, motor carrier officers do more than weigh tractor-trailers to help protect our communities from road-damaging overweight trucks.
They also catch drug traffickers and other smugglers, stop drunk drivers, and perform all kinds of other tasks to make sure our highways are safe.
Dowell is not only a motor carrier officer. He also works as a field training officer and background investigator.
Fatal crash shuts down US-131 near Dorr exit
By: FOX 17
and last updated 2020-12-15 19:42:10-05
KENT COUNTY, Mich. â A fatal crash shut down US-131 at the Dorr exit on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Allegan County Sheriff s Office.
Southbound traffic is being diverted off the Southbound Highway at the 100th Street exit in Kent County.
This highway is currently shut down for crash reconstruction as well as debris cleanup.
Allegan County police say the crash involved a single semi that had been traveling southbound before running off the roadway north of the Dorr exit.
The semi rolled, throwing out both its two occupants.
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