COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A 17-year old driver in Branch County escaped with minor injuries over the weekend when he rolled his pickup truck in Kinderhook Township. The crash occurred in the south part of the county in Kinderhook Township on Flint Road around 10:45 a.m. Saturday.
Sheriff’s Deputies said Alex Beekman of Angola, Indiana was south on Flint Road when he lost control of the pickup near Nipigon Beach Road and it landed on its top in a ditch. According to deputies, Beekman suffered a shoulder injury and got a piece of glass in his eye. He was treated at Cameron Memorial Community Hospital, Angola, Indiana.
Deputies said speed was a factor in the accident, which remains under investigation. The Lakeland Fire Department and Lifecare ambulance assisted the Sheriff’s Department.
