Deputies busy with crashes over the weekend

July 22, 2024

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The following is Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity over the weekend:

Friday, July 19, 2024:

  • 6 a.m., car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 freeway south of the Ludington rest area, Summit Township.
  • 1:20 p.m., two-vehicle crash, no injury, US 10 east of Main Street, Village of Custer.
  • 9:01 p.m., car/deer crash, no injury, Custer Road south of Hansen Road, Custer Township.
  • 10:47 p.m., a 33-year-old Ludington man was arrested following a traffic stop on a charge of driving while license suspended and having an outstanding Mason County failure to appear warrant, US 10 and Campbell Road, Branch Township.

Saturday, July 20, 2024:

  • 6:32 a.m., two-vehicle crash involving a deer, no injury, Free Soil Road west of Reid Road, Meade Township. Two vehicles traveling opposite directions struck a deer that had attempted to jump over one vehicle and was then tossed into the path of the other vehicle.
  • 12:51 p.m., two-vehicle crash, no injury, Lakeshore Drive north of Jagger Road, Hamlin Township.
  • 5:12 p.m., two-vehicle crash, minor injury, Pere Marquette Highway and northbound US 31 off-ramp, Pere Marquette Township. A 7-year-old New Era child received a minor injury.
  • 10:18 p.m., car/deer crash, no injury, Brye Road south of Johnson Road, Amber Township.

Sunday, July 21, 2024:

  • Noon, car/deer crash, no injury, Fountain Road west of Custer Road, Sherman Township.
  • 12:06 p.m., two-vehicle crash, no injury, US 10 and US 31, Amber Township.
  • 12:13 p.m., car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 north of Treml Road, Free Soil Township.
  • 1:14 p.m., alarm activation, Grant Township.

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