Gawking Causes Crash MI (wgvu) - SALEM TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - The Allegan County sheriff's office
says an 80-year-old man has been killed in a crash after stopping
alongside a road to view the scene of a natural gas pipeline
explosion.
Deputies say Jerome Weber of Dorr was making a U-turn yesterday
morning after pulling back onto a Salem Township road when his
vehicle was hit broadside by a pickup truck.
Both Weber and his 80-year-old wife Irma were ejected from their
vehicle.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Irma Weber is listed in serious condition at a Grand Rapids
hospital.
The other driver wasn't hurt.
Monday's pipeline explosion sent flames 100 feet into the air,
scorching grass and trees, but no injuries were reported.
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