Sheriff's Department Investigating Fatal Crash on US-23 Sheriff's Department Investigating Fatal Crash on US-23

7/22/13 - The Livingston County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatal crash on US-23 this morning in Hartland Township. Sheriff Bob Bezotte tells WHMI the accident was reported at around 10:30am involving a 2004 Chevy Express work van which was traveling northbound on US-23, about a mile south of M-59. He says that although the investigation continues, they’ve been able to piece the accident together to some extent based on witness statements, which indicate the driver failed to negotiate a curve, lost control, went off the shoulder, and then returned back into the median where it flipped several times before finally coming to rest. The driver, who was ejected, was pronounced dead at the scene, while the passenger was hospitalized with unknown injuries. Bezotte says both men were 25-years-old and from the Sterling Heights area. Their names are being withheld for the time being and the investigation continues. (JM)