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Woman, 80, killed in Allegan Co. crash

Posted at 5:01 PM, Mar 16, 2015
and last updated 2015-03-16 17:01:39-04

WAYLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — An 80-year-old woman was killed Sunday after a two-vehicle crash on Patterson Road at the 136th Avenue intersection.

According to the Allegan County Sheriff’s Department, the crash happened at about 10:45 a.m. when a 28-year-old Allegan man ran a stop sign while driving a pick-up truck and collided with a 1992 Oldsmobile.

A passenger in the Oldsmobile,  Judith Ann Shumaker of Otsego, was pinned in the vehicle when officials arrived on the scene.  She was transported to the hospital and later died from her injuries.

The driver in that car suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Both the driver and passenger in the truck had bumps and bruises after the crash but declined medical treatment, officials said in a release.   The crash remains under investigation, and the driver of the truck may face charges.