Victim identified from fatal moped accident

AMBER TWP. — Grant Robert Bay, 65 of Branch died following a single vehicle crash Friday afternoon. The Mason County Sheriff’s Department reported that Bay was traveling east on U.S. 10-31 near Stiles Road when he apparently lost control of the bike and fell of it.

He suffered head injuries and later died at Memorial Medical Center in Ludington. His name had been withheld pending notification of the family. Sheriff Kim Cole said his sister had been notified Friday following the accident but she had requested his name not be released until after the family had gathered for Mother’s Day. The sheriff’s department did not indicate whether alcohol was a factor or if he was wearing a helmet.