1 man injured in bizarre accidents
1 man injured in bizarre accidents
Horse, moose hit and killed
MARQUETTE — A Baraga man was listed in fair condition at Marquette General Hospital Monday evening following an unusual series of accidents in Baraga County early Sunday morning. The accidents involved three separate collisions — two with a horse and one with a moose.
According to officials from the Baraga County Sheriff’s Department, Billy McEwen, 25, was westbound in a 1992 Chevy Lumina on Skanee Road outside of L’Anse at about 1:15 a.m. Sunday when a riderless horse belonging to a local resident ran in front of his vehicle.
McEwen’s vehicle struck the horse, which crushed the car’s roof and took out the windshield, police said. McEwen was taken to Baraga County Memorial Hospital in L’Anse for treatment of his injuries before being transported to MGH.
McEwen’s two-year-old son was also in the vehicle, but was not injured, police said.
While being transferred to MGH, the ambulance carrying McEwen struck and killed a moose near Tioga Creek on U.S. 41 in Covington Township, police said. The ambulance sustained damage but was able to continue to the hospital, police said. No one inside the ambulance was injured as a result of the collision.
Several minutes after McEwen struck the horse, a 1992 Ford pickup truck driven by 21-year-old L’Anse resident Chris Cavanaugh also struck the horse, which had been laying dead in the middle of the road, police said. According to police, Cavanaugh’s vehicle rolled over before coming to rest on its side.
Neither Cavanaugh nor his passenger, 21-year-old Noah Besley of L’Anse, were injured in the accident.The series of accidents remain under investigation.
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