BALTIMORE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 17-year-old Hastings resident is dead following a crash in Barry County Wednesday night
Michigan State Police (MSP) says the single-vehicle crash occurred near Maple Grove Road and Foster Road in Baltimore Township at around 11 p.m.
We’re told the car traveled west on Maple Grove Road when the driver lost control of the vehicle. Troopers say the car overturned in a corn field, throwing one of the passengers from the vehicle.
The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene, according to MSP. On Monday, troopers identified him as Zacharee Mason, a male from Hastings.
Authorities say the other occupants, all from Hastings, sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the crash and were subsequently hospitalized.
Initially, troopers said alcohol and speed were suspected factors in the crash.
On Monday, they said the driver, a 19-year-old male, will be under investigation.
No arrests have been made, troopers stressed, but they did say they had concluded their investigation and forwarded a full report to the Barry County Prosecutor's Office for review.
The 19-year-old's name is not published, troopers say, pending the prosecutor's decision.
