QUINCY, MI (WTVB) – Quincy Police haven’t yet issued an updated news release on the Friday traffic accident involving two pick-up trucks on U.S.12 that took the life of 75-year old Wayne Laney, the driver of one of the vehicles. It happened around 7:50 a.m. near Brown Street.
Police say Laney’s pick-up was leaving the Quincy Diner when it was hit by the second truck which was westbound on U.S. 12. The name of the other driver, reportedly an 18-year old man from Allen, hasn’t been released. Officers said after the collission Laney’s pickup re-entered the diner’s parking lot, striking two other vehicles, a light pole, and the east wall of the diner. Laney was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no passengers in either vehicle and no other injuries were reported.
Branch County Sheriffs Deputies assisted the Quincy Police Department in the accident re-construction and traffic on US-12 was closed with motorists detoured around the crash site for over 3 hours.
