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Police continue probe of fatal crash

ESCANABA — Police continue to investigate a multi-vehicle crash that claimed the lives of two people and injured seven others in Escanaba Thanksgiving Day.

Escanaba Public Safety officers were called to the 1600 block of North Lincoln Road at 5:49 p.m. Thursday after a report of a multiple vehicle accident there. According to reports, people were injured and some were trapped in vehicles. Police discovered the crash resulted in two people being killed. Seven other occupants in the three-vehicle crash were injured and transported to medical facilities by Rampart EMS and Guardian Flight.

Due to the location and the severity of the crash scene, traffic was detoured and that section of North Lincoln Road was closed for four hours.

During that time Michigan State Police reconstructed the crash scene. The crash remains under investigation, police said.

The names of the victims are not being released at this time.

Escanaba Public Safety was assisted by Delta County Central Dispatch, Michigan State Police, Delta County Sheriff’s Department, Rampart EMS, Guardian Flight, Ford River Fire Department, Escanaba Township Fire Department, Delta County Victim Services Unit, Delta County Road Commission and Genes Towing

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