Five people killed in crash, three others critical

MSP describes scene at Argentine Road and M-59 as ‘horrific’

Tri-County Times | Fenton, MI Tim Jagielo Multimedia Director

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The fatal crash occurred at this intersection, with one vehicle coming to rest on the mess road across M-59, and reportedly on fire. The driver of one of the vehicles, one of the survivors, is reportedly a 22-year-old masculine from the Fenton area.

Tri-County Times | Fenton, MI Tim Jagielo Multimedia Director

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Posted: Wednesday, May Ten, two thousand seventeen 12:13 pm

Posted on May Ten, 2017

Five people, including two Fenton fellows, were killed and three people, including two Fenton studs, are in critical condition following a two-car crash at the intersection of Argentine Road and M-59 in Livingston County. The crash happened at Ten:40 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9.

The Michigan State Police (MSP) Brighton Post is investigating the crash, which they described as “horrific.”

MSP reports that Matthew Carrier, 21, of Fenton, ran the stop sign on Argentine Road at the M-59 intersection and crashed into the other car traveling east on M-59. Carrier was driving on a suspended license, according to the Secretary of State.

Carrier underwent surgery at the University of Michigan Hospital where he remains in critical condition, along with his passenger Kyle Eugene Lixie, 23, of Fenton. Carrier’s two other passengers, Justin Andrew Humberto Henderson, Legal, and Preston Wetzel, 24, both of Fenton, were pronounced dead at the scene, Gonzales said.

Candice Dunn, 36, a state probation agent from Oakland County, was in the car that Carrier’s car struck. She, along with her bf, Albert Boswell, 39, of Oakland County, her mother, Linda K. Hurley, Sixty nine, of Macomb County and Hurley’s bf, Jerome Tortomasia, 73, of Macomb County, were killed in the crash.

Dunn and the others in her car were on their way home from East Lansing where Dunn had just accepted the Michigan Department of Correction’s two thousand seventeen Parole/Probation Agent of the Year.

Boswell was driving and is in critical condition at U of M Hospital in Ann Arbor. He was driving on an expired license, according to the Secretary of State.

Initial reports exposed that a car, driven by Carrier, traveling south on Argentine Road failed to stop at a stop sign and struck a vehicle traveling east on M-59, according to Lt. Mario Gonzales, assistant post commander.

Of the eight occupants in the two vehicles, five were pronounced dead at the scene and three were transported to the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor in critical condition.

The intersection remained closed until four a.m. Wednesday as a crash reconstruction team conducted their investigation.

During a press conference on Wednesday at noon, Gonzales said both cars were thrown and landed in the southeast corner of the intersection. Carrier’s car caught fire and the other one spinned onto its side.

Investigators are still learning the factors leading up to the crash.

On Wednesday, Gonzales said overall, fatalities are up and police attribute these fatal crashes to drivers not paying attention, being dissipated and driving too prompt. He urges everyone to take driving more gravely.

“There’s nothing worse than arriving at a crash and people are dead,” he said. “This should have never happened.”

Tommy Lutze of Oceola Township happened upon the crash before the police arrived. “I witnessed what looked like an SUV on fire, in the forest,” he said. Another vehicle involved in the crash was nearby, and “mangled.”

Other vehicles were already stopped, the drivers likely calling 911.

“I thought of it all night,” he said. “Just awful.”

Media editor Tim Jagielo contributed to this report.

The following outlines what is known at this time:

Southbound Argentine Road car – four occupants

• Driver, Matthew Carrier, 22, of Fenton, pulled from car and in critical condition

• Rear driver side passenger, Kyle Eugene Lixie, twenty three of Fenton, ejected and in critical condition

• Front passenger, Justin Andrew Humberto Henderson, Eighteen, deceased

• Rear passenger, Preston Wetzel, twenty four deceased

Eastbound M-59 vehicle – four occupants

• Driver, Albert Boswell, 39, of Oakland County, in critical condition

• Passenger, Candice Dunn, 36, of Oakland County, deceased

• Passenger, Linda K. Hurley, 70, of Macomb County, deceased

• Passenger, Jerome Tortomasia, 73, of Macomb County, deceased

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