An 11-year-old boy died and two of his siblings were being harm inside of a one particular auto crash Friday early morning around the solution to college.
The Mason County Sheriff's Section recognized the deadly target as Garrett Lake, of Department Township. Sheriff Kim Cole mentioned right now was Garrett's birthday.
"It strikes the main of our neighborhood and our section and if you make that sufferer an 11-year-old baby, it helps make all of it the more serious," claimed Sheriff Kim Cole. "And it can be just sort of, it really is a finger while in the eye when it can be on his birthday even. That just is basically definitely difficult. I understand the deputies which were to choose from and a lot of on the firefighters ended up battling the truth that it absolutely was a little little one and it had been his birthday, which just compounded everything the greater."
The crash occurred on US-10 and Maple Highway, 1 / 4 mile West of Taylor Street in Department Township.
Mason Co. Under sheriff Jody Hartley mentioned 16-year-old Jordan Lake was driving and dropped handle of your Chevy Blazer about the icy highway and strike a tree even though heading to Mason County Japanese educational facilities.
Cole claimed the highway was protected with ice Friday early morning, which the unexpected emergency crews in the scene even experienced difficulty standing due to the fact the street was so slick. All a few little ones had been sporting their seat belts.
Jordan was airlifted with the scene to Spectrum Overall health in Grand Rapids. She's in good issue.
The entrance seat passenger, 13-year-old McKenna Lake, acquired slight accidents.
The scene of your incident is currently cleared.
Mason County Japanese University Superintendent Paul Shoup launched this assertion Friday afternoon:
Mason County Japanese University District was knowledgeable this early morning a few automobile incident involving a few learners. College officers promptly identified as a disaster reaction staff to help. Staff members and college students were being notified and counselors from CMH, WSESD, and region universities were being readily available for grief counseling. A information was despatched to all MCE university family members to create them informed from the incident. Counselors will keep on for being accessible while in the impending times. We misplaced an excellent, loving pupil currently who touched every person inside our college neighborhood. Our ideas and prayers are together with the family members.
"Garrett was a child that could make absolutely everyone chortle, and that is how we are attempting to keep in mind him, like a child who'd just make absolutely everyone chortle," stated 10-year-old Walker Spicer, a fellow classmate and buddy of Garrett.
