Second victim dies following M-25 crash

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The St. Clair County Sheriff’s office is reporting a second fatality following Sunday night’s fatal collision in Burtchville Township. The head on collision claimed the life of 19 year old James Cummings of Croswell. His 18 year old female passenger, Rylee Alfaro, also of Croswell, suffered life threatening injuries and has since died.  The two were traveling northbound in the 6500 block of Lakeshore Road around 6:40pm Sunday night when they struck an oncoming car.  The crash remains under investigation.

ORIGINAL STORY:

One has died and three were injured following a three vehicle crash in St. Clair County’s Burtchville Township last night. A pickup truck driven by a 19 year old Croswell man was traveling northbound in the 65-hundred block of Lakeshore Road when he collided head on with a southbound car. The Croswell man and and his 18 year old female passenger were taken to an area hospital for life threatening injures. The driver later died. The southbound car was driven by a 38 year old woman from Port Huron who was taken to a Metro Detroit hospital for treatment of serious injuries. Her 11 year old child was treated for minor injuries. The driver and passenger of the pick-up truck and trailer were treated at the scene for injuries. Lakeshore Road was closed for several hours Sunday night. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the cause of the crash.