PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – One person is dead after a fatal crash that took place in the City of Portage Tuesday morning.
Around 10:30 a.m., police and emergency responders were called to US-131 at I-94 for a reported single motor vehicle crash.
Upon arrival, responders saw a vehicle fully engulfed in flames. Attempts to rescue the sole occupant of the vehicle were not successful, and that person was pronounced dead at the scene.
Eyewitnesses at the scene reported the vehicle was traveling southbound on US-131 at a high rate of speed when it left the roadway and struck the I-94 bridge.
The investigation is continuing along with notification of the victim’s family.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Portage Department of Public Safety at 269-329-4567 or Silent Observer at 269-343-2100.
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