7/7/14 - An Oakland County woman is improving after an accident over the weekend near Fowlerville that sent her to the hospital via medical helicopter. Livingston County Sheriff Bob Bezotte says 46-year-old Wendy Ann Steward was riding on the back of a motorcycle that was traveling with another motorcycle east on Grand River Avenue just before 8:30 Saturday night, when the driver collided with a Ford Escort as it turned left onto Cemetery Road in Handy Township. Witnesses said the Escort driver had his blinker on when he stopped to make the turn. Steward was taken by Survival Flight to the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor with critical injuries. As of this morning, however, she had been upgraded to fair condition. The man who was operating the motorcycle, 47 year old Chris Economides of Pinckney was taken by ambulance to U of M and was last listed in good condition. The driver of the sedan was not injured, but may face charges for driving without auto insurance. Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash. Bezotte says while Economides was not wearing a helmet, Steward was and that likely kept her injuries from being more severe. (JK)
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