HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) – The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department has arrested an Albion man in connection with a fatal crash January 23, 2019 in Amboy Township.
26-year-old Brian Christopher George was arrested Wednesday and booked on charges of operating while intoxicated causing death, O.W.I causing serious injury and operating a motor vehicle without insurance.
The crash happened on Territorial Road near Britton Road.
The Sheriff’s Department said at the time of the crash that 45-year-old Joe Lee Brooks of Frontier and a juvenile passenger were traveling west on Territorial when their vehicle collided with an eastbound vehicle driven George.
All three were transported to Bryan Hospital. Brooks later died from his injuries.
Bond for George was set at $62,000 with ten percent allowed. An arraignment is scheduled to take place Friday.
