SANDS TOWNSHIP, MI-- One person was killed in a two-vehicle accident on M-553 in Sands Township Tuesday morning.
Michigan State Police from the Negaunee Post were dispatched around 7:55 to the scene just south of Olsen Road. They say a Mercury Montego driven by Marcus Trujillo, 18, of downstate Fennville was southbound when he lost control of the vehicle and went into the oncoming lane. The car hit a northbound Chrysler Town and Country driven by Peter Anderson, 41, of Gwinn.
A front seat passenger in the Trujillo vehicle, Benjamin Johnson, 18, of Norway, was pronounced dead at the scene. All other occupants of both vehicles were taken to UPHS-Marquette for treatment.
The accident remains under investigation.
Troopers were assisted by Forsyth Township Fire/EMS, Sands Township Fire/EMS, Marquette County Rescue Unit 131, and the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office.
