The coronavirus pandemic has impacted nearly every facet of public life from public health to education to the local economy.
But the one area that COVID-19 apparently hasn t infiltrated in Monroe County is the roads, according to Sgt. Brian Quinn, head of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Services Division, despite some alleging that COVID-19 has either kept reckless drivers at home or caused internalized anger to be let out on the road.
There were 19 fatal crashes that claimed 25 lives in Monroe County last year, not far off from the 16 deadly crashes that took 17 lives in 2019, according to annual data collected by The Monroe News.
WHITEFORD TOWNSHIP An Ypsilanti man died as a result of his injuries following a two-vehicle crash Thursday in Whiteford Township, the Monroe County Sheriff s Office reported.
The accident happened about 6:50 p.m. on northbound US-23, south of Consear Road, which is Exit 3.
According to the report, the 33-year-old Ypsilanti man was driving a black Hyundai Tiburon northbound on the highway when, for unknown reasons, the Hyundai came to a stop on the shoulder of the freeway.
Then the Hyundai started to travel in reverse, southbound on the northbound shoulder, and entered the right lane of travel, reports said.
At that point, a 52-year-old Adrian man was driving a gray 2010 Ford Expedition northbound in the right lane of US-23, according to reports.
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