On 11/13/2020 updated charges were issued for the driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal two vehicle crash on M-553 which occurred on 10/23/2020.
21-year-old Marquette resident Brianna Jacobson was arrested on a four-count felony warrant authorized by the Marquette County Prosecutors Office. The warrant includes one count of Operating While Intoxicated Causing Death, two counts of Operating While Intoxicated Causing Serious Injury, and one count of Child Abuse 2 nd Degree.
Bond on the four counts was set at $10,000.00 cash / surety.
Jacobson was the driver of a southbound vehicle which lost control and collided with a northbound vehicle on M-553 just south of the Marquette Mountain Ski & Bike Area. Killed in the crash was 25-year-old Andrew Auston who was a rear seat passenger in Jacobson’s vehicle.Two additional passengers in Jacobson’s vehicle, a 28-year-old Marquette man and a 4-year-old male child from Marquette, received serious injuries.
The child was transported to UPHS-Marquette and later to C.S. Motts Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor where he is still receiving treatment for his injuries. The 28-year-old man has since been released from UPHS-Marquette.
The driver of the northbound vehicle, a 41-year-old man, and his two juvenile passengers were uninjured.Assisting on scene were the Michigan State Police, Marquette Fire Department, Marquette Township Fire Department, UPHS-Marquette EMS, and the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office.
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