4/23/13 - Excessive speed is being blamed for a crash Monday that hospitalized a 19-year-old Fowlerville man. The Livingston County Sheriffâs Department says the teen was driving a 1998 Ford Taurus at a high rate of speed north on Kern Road about 11:40am when he lost control and struck a tree north of Crofoot Road. Witnesses estimated he was traveling up to 60 miles per hour on the dirt road at the time. The car, which was pinned against a tree, began filling up with smoke. The window was broken out and a fire extinguisher used to put out the flames. First responders from the Fowlerville Fire Department and Livingston EMS then extricated the driver, who was taken to the University of Michigan Medical Center, where he was last listed in stable condition. A deputy cited the driver for driving too fast for conditions. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor. Submitted photo. (JK)
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