Marquette Many thanks to Keweenaw County Sheriff Curt Pennala for getting the discussion going about mental health and the need to improve the system here in the state of Michigan. A recent vehicle crash is what prompted Pennala to post on his department’s social media site. A young person from Pennala’s community had slammed a vehicle into a stand of trees at nearly 100 mph. The cause of the crash was this young driver’s decision to die by suicide. The attempt failed and the person driving the car had their physical wounds tended to, but after a mental assessment was found not to be a danger to themselves and was sent home. Sent with them was a “safety plan.”