WLKM Radio 95.9 FM
A 13-year-old Sturgis-area resident was struck by a car while waiting for a school bus early Monday in Fawn River Township.
Sheriff Mark Lillywhite said deputies were called shortly before 7 a.m. to the area of Fawn River Road and Big Hill Road in response to a vehicle vs. pedestrian personal-injury collision.
The driver was identified as a 16-year-old Sturgis resident. The pedestrian, meanwhile, was identified as a 13-year-old Fawn River Township resident.
Investigators said the vehicle was westbound on Fawn River Road, west of Big Hill Road, when it struck the pedestrian. The pedestrian was transported to Sturgis Hospital then airlifted to Bronson Hospital.
Lillywhite said the driver of the vehicle and a passenger were not injured.
