Troy S. Wheatcraft, a 59-year-old Florida motorcycle rider, died in a horrific accident in Monroe County, Michigan, leaving two other people critically injured. The Detroit News reports that the crash happened on Tuesday at 6:04 p.m. when Wheatcraft was traveling north on Telegraph Road close to Mall Road in Frenchtown Township.
Authorities say that when Mikalah Yeske, 18, of Dundee, collided with Wheatcraft’s motorbike, she was trying to turn east into a Walmart parking lot in her 2017 Chevrolet Trax. The airbags in their car deployed when they collided, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Yeske and her passenger, Newport resident Rebecca Yeske, 48, were both buckled up.
Without a helmet on, Wheatcraft was thrown from his motorcycle and later declared deceased at a nearby hospital. Authorities affirmed that neither speed nor drunkenness seemed to have played a role in the collision. However, the matter is still being investigated, and they are pleading with anyone who knows anything to come forward.
The Yeskes were taken to Corewell Health Trenton Hospital after the incident, where their condition was last listed as serious. When describing the aftermath, FOX 2 Detroit stated that Yeske’s automobile overturned and came to rest on its roof, highlighting the seriousness of the collision.
This collision adds to a worrying pattern on Michigan’s roads; only a week before, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office reported that 31 individuals had perished in collisions.
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This number represents an increase in deaths over the same period the previous year, according to Click-On-Detroit.
Even though there have been 82 fewer major injuries in comparison to last year, the community is still grieving the loss of life and dealing with the fallout from a fleeting incident that will permanently change several lives. These statistics are not comforting.
