MECOSTA COUNTY, Mich. — One person was killed and another was injured Saturday night after icy roads made a driver lose control in Mecosta County.
Police say the crash happened just before midnight on northbound US-131, where a police officer was responding to a single-vehicle accident along the road. Another vehicle was traveling on US-131 when the driver lost control, clipped the police vehicle and struck a tow truck that was working on the previous crash.
The passenger, a 55-year-old Illinois man, was killed. The driver, a 49-year-old Illinois woman, was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Both the police officer and tow truck driver were uninjured. Police say the officer's vehicle sustained minor damage in the accident.
This crash remains under investigation.
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