Two Hospitalized In Three-Car Accident

Two people were hospitalized and a third received minor injuries following a three-car traffic crash in Elmwood Township Sunday night.

Leelanau County Sheriff's Office deputies and Elmwood Fire and Rescue personnel were dispatched to the scene of the accident at the intersection of Bugai Road and East Lincoln Road at 9:41pm. Investigators determined a 58-year-old Cedar man had stopped on Bugai Road and was waiting to turn left on to East Lincoln Road when a 27-year-old Traverse City man attempted to pass the stopped pick-up truck. While passing, the TC driver was struck head-on by another passenger car headed south in the opposite lane. The passenger car then also hit the Cedar man who was stopped in the road.

The Traverse City man and his 38-year-old female passenger were taken to Munson Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries. The TC man was cited for passing in a no-passing zone. The driver of the passenger car, a 27-year-old Suttons Bay woman, received minor injuries in the crash. The driver of the stopped pick-up truck was not injured in the accident.