ADAMS TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A Hillsdale County Road Commission employee was injured Monday night when he was struck by a vehicle while clearing a downed tree.
The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department reports it happened on East Bacon Road near Blackbridge Road just before 7:30 p.m..
They say 71-year-old Leon Smith of Osseo was heading east as he approached a Road Commission truck that was facing west in the east bound lane with its emergency lights on.
Smith swerved to miss the parked truck and ran off the road to the right. As a result, Smith’s vehicle struck 46-year-old Kevin Lee Sanders of Pittsford and the fallen tree.
Sanders was taken to Hillsdale Hospital by the Reading Emergency Unit.
The crash is still under investigation.
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