TEKONSHA, MI (WTVB) – A Tekonsha man is dead following a traffic accident early Saturday morning in Calhoun County’s Clarendon Township.
The fatal victim has been identified as 23-year-old Jacob Henry Wieas. The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened just after 2:00 a.m. on T Drive South near 20 Mile Road when Wieas’ vehicle went off the road and crashed into a tree.
Wieas was the sole occupant.
He had to be extricated from the vehicle by the Tekonsha Fire Department.
Due to the extent of injuries, Wieas was flown out by AirCare to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo where he was later pronounced dead.
The Sheriff’s Department is still investigating the crash.
