Snowmobile crash results in drunk driving arrest.
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BRANCH TOWNSHIP – A 39-year-old Baldwin man was arrested by Mason County sheriff’s deputies for operating while intoxicated after his snowmobile crashed around 8:30 p.m., on Sunday, Dec. 9, at the intersection of Walhalla and Barothy roads, said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. The man was not injured.
The initial dispatch call stated the man was “barely breathing.” Responding to the scene were Mason County Sheriff’s Office, Branch Fire Department, Custer Fire Department, and Life EMS.
The following is other recent police activity in Mason County:
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018:
– 10:03 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), one-vehicle crash, no injury, Sugar Grove Road west of Lincoln Road, Hamlin Township.
– 11:45 a.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle rollover crash, minor injuries, Washington Road east of Taylor Road, Logan Township.
– 5:20 p.m., (MCSO), two-vehicle head-on crash, no injury, US 10 west of Meyers Road, Pere Marquette Township.
– 5:51 p.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle crash, no injury, US 10 west of Budzynski Road, Branch Township.
– 6:20 p.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle crash, no injury, Jebavy Drive and Angling Road, Hamlin Township.
– 6:42 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Stiles Road south of Dewey Road, Victory Township.
Friday, Dec. 7, 2018:
– 12:50 a.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle crash, no injury, US 31 near the Pere Marquette Highway overpass, Summit Township.
– 5:51 a.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle crash, no injury, Meyers Road near John Harland Drive, Amber Township.
– 8:21 a.m., (MCSO), vehicle slide-off, no damage or no injury, Quarterline and Forest Trail roads, Grant Township.
– 11:37 a.m., (Michigan State Police), semi truck vs. semi truck crash, no injuries, US 10-31, Amber Township.
– 11:42 a.m., (MCSO), damaged property, wires cut, 1500 block of West US 10, Amber Township.
– 2:01 p.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle crash, no injury, Lincoln Road and Victory Drive, Hamlin Township.
– 9:07 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Jebavy Drive north of Johnson Road, Pere Marquette Township.
– 9:30 p.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle rollover crash, no injury, Tuttle Road north of Chauvez Raod, Custer Township.
– 10:34 p.m., (MCSO), a 36-year-old Branch man was arrested on an outstanding Newaygo County Friend of the Court warrant following a traffic stop.
– 10:51 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 south of Dewey Road, Sherman Township.
– 11 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Jebavy Drive south of Angling Road, Hamlin Township.
Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018:
– 5:45 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Lakeshore Drive north of Decker Road, Hamlin Township.
– 6 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Sugar Grove and Custer roads, Sherman Township.
– 6:24 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Stiles Road north of Johnson Road, Amber Township.
– 10:54 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 and Sauble Road, Free Soil Township.
Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018:
– 12:55 p.m., (MCSO), alarm activation, Hamlin Township.
– 3:27 p.m., (MCSO), gas drive-off, $20 in fuel stolen, 5900 block of West US 10 — Ludington EZ Mart, Pere Marquette Township.
– 6:11 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 near the Pere Marquette Highway overpass, Summit Township.
– 11:28 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Meyers Road south of Sixth Street, Amber Township.
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