The Marquette Police Department responded to a personal injury accident on US-41 in the Shiras Hill area on Sunday.
Police say that it happened at about 3:30 in the afternoon when a 2003 Ford Ranger pickup truck, driven by 56 year old Deerton resident Elizabeth Schut, was traveling south on Us-41 on Shiras Hill and lost control of her vehicle on the slippery roadway. Shut’s vehicle then crossed over into the northbound US-41 traffic lanes.
Shut’s vehicle then collided head on with a Chevrolet SUV that was northbound on Us-41. The driver of the Chevy SUV was identified as 23 year old Lance Beckman of Gwinn.
The jaws of life were used to extricate Beckman from his vehicle. All the occupants in both vehicles were transported to UPHS by ambulance for non-life threatening injuries
Schut was found at fault in the accident and cited for Violation of the Basic Speed Law(Driving to Fast for Conditions).
