COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Foundation Golf Center on Jonesville Road sustained thousands of dollars worth of damage on Tuesday morning when a semi driver apparently drove onto the property by mistake.
Branch County Sheriff’s Department Undersheriff Keith Eichler says the incident was reported at 6:43 a.m..
When Deputies arrived, they found a Semi tractor trailer which was driven by a 65-year-old man from Lincoln Park, Michigan stuck up to its axles of the fully loaded trailer on the Golf Center’s golf greens.
Eichler says the driver, whose name was not released, pulled into the Foundation Golf Center.
He says when the driver realized there was no outlet, he decided to drive onto the large golf greens causing extensive damage from the almost 80,000 pound loaded semi.
There was also damage reported to the infrastructure of the Golf Center.
Sheriff’s Deputies will send their report to the Branch County Prosecutors Office for possible criminal charges.
A preliminary investigation did not show any substance abuse involving the semi driver.
Sheriff Deputies were assisted by the Michigan State Police.
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