ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A pair of drivers were taken to ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital after their vehicles were involved in a head on crash Friday morning on Central Road east of Fremont Road.
The Branch County Sheriff’s Department investigated the crash which took place at around 6:55 a.m..
They say 20-year-old Gerl Pish of Quincy was traveling east in a Ford Ranger while 36-year-old Christopher Peters of Coldwater was heading west in a Dodge truck.
Deputies say the Pish vehicle crossed the center line before it collided with the Peters vehicle.
Pish was trapped and had to be extricated with the Jaws of Life.
Deputies were assisted by Lifecare Anbulance and the Quincy Fire Department.
A landing zone was initially set up for a medical helicopter but it was later determined to call off the helicopter.
It’s not known if the icy road conditions were a factor in the crash.
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