Multiple People Injured in Two Separate Saginaw County Crashes

A crash in southwestern Saginaw County Saturday hospitalized two men, one with life threatening injuries.

Police say a group of five mini bikes were heading east on Peet Road just past Steele Road in Brady Township around 8:20 P.M. when a bike driven by a 26-year-old man from Bay County ran into the back of a bike operated by a 28-year-old Midland man. The Bay County man suffered critical injuries, while the Midland man was treatd for minor injuries at a local hospital and released. No one else was hurt in the crash, according to police, who say none of the bikes were street legal. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash.

A second crash was reported about an hour later in Marion Township. Police responded to the intersection of Ithaca and Merrill roads after a 9-1-1 call around 9:40 P.M. They say a 48-year-old St. Charles man driving east in a Chevy Mailbu failed to stop at the intersection and struck a northbound blue Mercury Milan driven by a 22-year-old Gratiot County man, which had four passengers. The St. Charles man and his ten year old daughter suffered monior injuires.

The driver of the Milan suffered serious injuries, while two 20-year-old women from Shiawassee County sufferd critical injuries, and a 22-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, also from Shiawassee County, suffered minor injuries.

Police say alcohol and speed are likely factors in that crash, which remains under investigation.