-Photo courtesy if WJMN Local Three News-
Troopers from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post were dispatched at approximately 11:10 p.m. on Thursday night for a fatal traffic crash and large scale structure fire at the Holiday gas station in L’Anse.
Upon investigation, MSP learned a semi-truck struck the station’s gas pumps, wounding a 43-year-old Baraga man who was filling his vehicle with gas.
The man was transported to Baraga County Memorial Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. A Holiday employee was also transported to the hospital for injuries sustained from the crash.
A Holiday store patron, as well as a trainee who was a passenger in the semi-truck at the time of the crash were not injured in the crash.
The driver of the semi-truck, a 22-year-old Illinois man, was lodged at the Baraga County Jail for Operating While Intoxicated causing death.
The crash caused an extensive fire to the gas station and surrounding vehicles, and caused a lengthy shut down of US Highway 41 all night long as the investigation continued.
Michigan State Police Accident Investigators and MSP Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division (CVED) Investigators are assisting in the investigation.
The names of those involved have not been released.
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