9/23/13 - Local authorities have identified the Brighton man killed in a serious crash in Oceola Township over the weekend. The Livingston County Sheriffâs Department says 25-year-old Eric Daavettila was driving a 2003 Ford Econoline van eastbound on Clyde Road at around 2:30pm Saturday. Sheriff Bob Bezotte tells WHMI it appears as though he failed to yield to the right-of-way, and pulled out in front of a 2008 Dodge Ram pick-up truck traveling southbound on Argentine Road. Bezotte says the van struck the truck in the passenger side door at the intersection, causing it to catch on fire. He says Daavettila was trapped inside and despite rescue attempts, died at the scene. Bezotte says Daavettilaâs 21-year-old passenger John Heinonen from Northville was able to safely escape from the vehicle. Bezotte says Heinonen and 63-year-old Craig Snyder of Howell, the driver of the truck, were transported to the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor with non-life threatening injuries. Bezotte says alcohol and speed do not appear to be factors at this time, but the accident remains under investigation and the intersection was shut down for three-and-a-half hours Saturday. The Sheriffâs Department was assisted at the scene by Livingston County EMS and the Howell Area Fire Department. (JM)
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