BATES TOWNSHIP — An Iron County man was killed in a two-vehicle accident Thursday, according to Michigan State Police 

At approximately 2:30 p.m. troopers from the Michigan State Police, Iron Mountain Post responded to a two-vehicle traffic crash on US-2 near the Bates-Gaastra Road in Iron County’s Bates Township. The preliminary investigation indicates a 2019 Chevrolet Equinox was traveling westbound on US-2, occupied by two people from Amasa. A 2003 BMW passenger vehicle traveling eastbound on US-2, occupied by an Iron River man and a child, crossed the center line and struck the Chevrolet Equinox head on. The driver of the BMW was identified as Robert Trotta, 29, of Iron River was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger in Trotta’s vehicle was treated and released at Aspirus Hospital in Iron River. The passenger in the Chevrolet Equinox was transported to Aspirus Hospital Iron River and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Chevrolet Equinox was air lifted to Aspirus Hospital in Wausau WI for further treatment. The crash remains under investigation.

Troopers were assisted at the scene by the Iron County Sheriff’s Department, Iron River Police Department, Caspian Police Department, Crystal Falls Police Department, Michigan Conservation Officer, Michigan DNR Fire, Aspirus MEDIVAC, West Iron County Fire Department, Iron County Search and Rescue, Iron County Road Commission, and Northland Towing.