By Staff
CASSOPOLIS -- A Buchanan man was seriously injured Saturday morning when he failed to yield at the intersection of M-60 and M-40 and collided with a Jones man.
Cass County Sheriff Joseph M. Underwood Jr. reported the 11:20 a.m. crash Jan. 31 occurred when a northbound vehicle on M-40 driven by Christopher Gearhart, 24, of Buchanan, failed to yield after stopping for the sign and pulled into the path of a pickup truck driven by James Wiseman, 66, of Jones.
The Wiseman vehicle struck the driver's side door area, which caused trauma to Gearhart.
Wiseman suffered minor injuries, according to the sheriff, and was released at the scene.
A passenger in the Gearhart vehicle, Gregory Ostrom, 30, of Elkhart, Ind., was taken to Three Rivers Area Hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Gearhart was transported to Three Rivers Area Hospital by Newberg ambulance after being cut out of his vehicle by Newberg fire personnel, then flown by Air Care helicopter to Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, where he was listed in serious condition.