WATERLOO TOWNSHIP, Mich. — According to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, a driver was killed after his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree.
The crash occurred Saturday at 1:37 pm at Mount Hope Road near Glenn Road in Waterloo Township.
Deputies found that the driver of a pickup truck, Thurmal Mays, an 80-year-old man from the Rives Junction area, was headed north on Mount Hope Road when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree.
Mays was pinned in the vehicle and had to be extricated by rescue personnel from both Stockbridge Fire Department and Chelsea Fire Department.
He was then taken to Henry Ford Allegiance Hospital by Jackson Community Ambulance(JCA) paramedics where he died from the injuries he received in the crash.
Deputies said Mays was wearing a seat belt and the trucks airbags did deploy. They're investigating whether alcohol was a factor in the crash.
