On Saturday, June 14, at 6:55 a.m., deputies from the Mecosta County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a single-vehicle crash near the intersection of 70th Avenue and 11 Mile Road in the village of Mecosta.

The investigation revealed that a 35-year-old man from Barryton was traveling northbound on 70th Avenue toward Mecosta and failed to navigate a westbound curve. The driver left the roadway, struck a tree and a parked car, and rolled into a fence. The vehicle came to rest upside down.

The driver was transported to Big Rapids Hospital for serious but non-life-threatening injuries by Mecosta County EMS.