A 37-year-old motorcyclist was killed Sunday afternoon when his vehicle crash into a tree near the intersection of Briggs Road and Chief Noonday Road (M-179) in Yankee Springs Township.
A female passenger, age 21, was injured in the crash north of Gun Lake and was transported to a hospital. Names of the crash victims, both of whom were thrown from vehicle, were not disclosed.
Deputies from the Barry County Sheriff’s office reported that the motorcyclist failed to negotiate a curve and his bike left the road and struck a tree. The driver died at the scene and the female passenger’s condition was not known as of Sunday evening.
