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UPDATE: Officials from the Michigan State Police Calumet Post say the victim in the fatal accident the occurred on Sunday, Nov. 8, in Osceola Township was 48-year-old Dianne McCollum of Calumet.
Police say she suffered a fatal medical event that caused her to veer off the road and strike a tree.
A small fire had started under the car but was immediately extinguished by a volunteer firefighter.
Here is the original story from the Michigan State Police press release:
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A Laurium woman is dead following a one vehicle crash.
Michigan State Police says Troopers from the Calumet Post were dispatched to the crash Sunday around 5:30pm on US-41 near Highway Location Road.
Police say witnesses saw the vehicle cross the center line and run off the left side of the roadway.
The vehicle then continued in the grassy shoulder for a distance before striking a tree.
The vehicle caught fire after the impact.
The first Trooper to arrive on scene was near the crash at the time and arrived within one minute of being dispatched.
The witness, a firefighter with the Allouez Fire Department, used a fire extinguisher from the Trooper’s vehicle to extinguish the fire.
An off duty Deputy with the Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Department also stopped to assist at the scene shortly after it occurred.
A 48-old woman was taken to Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital by Mercy Ambulance where she was pronounced dead.
A dog in the vehicle was extricated by the Calumet Township Fire Department and was taken by a deputy from the Houghton County Sheriff’s Department to the Northland Vet Clinic in Hancock for treatment.
Alcohol and drugs were not factors in the crash…which remains under investigation.
