QUINCY, MI (WTVB) – A Quincy area man was seriously injured last night in northeast Branch County in a pickup truck accident in Butler Township. Michigan State Police say the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. on Quincy Grange road near Curtis Road.
According to the preliminary accident report, the 2002 Chevy pickup veered off the pavement with no sign of breaking and struck a tree. The driver, whose name was not released, was trapped in the wreckage for about a half an hour before being freed with the Jaws of Life being used by the Quincy Fire Department.
Because of weather conditions, the man wasn’t able to be flown out by helicopter from the scene and was transported by Life Care ambulance to Parkview North hospital in Ft. Wayne. State Police say he was admitted to the intensive care unit and in spite of the extensive damage to the pickup, the driver suffered what were described as non-life threatening injuries.
The cause of the accident, which had police on scene for more than two hours, remains under investigation.
State Police say a dog riding in the truck was seriously injured and turned over for treatment to the Humane Society of Branch County.
