Community rallies to help Mama Tu-Tu, Santa is lonely at the mall: Top Jackson headlines Dec. 12-17
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
Jackson resident Wanda Beavers stands in front of the finished mural with her likeness painted by Australian artist Claire Foxton during the Bright Walls Mural Festival in downtown Jackson on Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. The event continues until Tuesday. J. Scott Park | MLive.comJ. Scott Park | MLive.com
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JACKSON, MI – Top headlines this week include the story of how the Jackson community came together to help a woman who’s always there for anyone in need, as well as insight on what it’s like being Santa at the mall during a pandemic.
MOSCOW TOWNSHIP A man killed in an accident at his home Monday night in Moscow Township has been identified as Tecumseh Police Sgt. Darrin Briggs.
A news release from the Michigan State Police Jackson Post Tuesday said Briggs died from his injuries aftera downed tree he was attempting to cut with a chainsaw rolled entrapping him underneath.
The incident occurred at Briggs’ home in the 7000 block of Sterling Road and MSP said an investigation is ongoing, but foul play is not suspected.
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Tecumseh Police sergeant dies in tree-cutting accident
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
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TECUMSEH, MI – A Tecumseh Police Department sergeant died in a tree-cutting accident Monday.
Sgt. Darrin Briggs was using a chainsaw to cut a tree into pieces around 6:50 p.m., Dec. 14, in the 7000 block of Sterling Road in Hillsdale County, when part of the trunk fell on him, Michigan State Police said previously.
An investigation shows the tree likely had blown over before the man started cutting it and part of the trunk rotated backward and fell on him, police said.
Briggs, 45, of Jerome, started working at the Tecumseh Police Department in July 1997, Tecumseh police said. He graduated from Reading High School in 1993, then attended Lake Superior State University, his obituary reads.
Michigan police officer, 45, dies after a fallen tree he was cutting up in his yard with a chainsaw rolled back and crushed him
Darrin Briggs was killed Monday night in the tree-cutting accident at his home in Jackson, which is about 78 miles west of Detroit
The 45-year-old was a sergeant with the Tecumseh Police Department
Police say he had been using a chainsaw to cut up a tree that had recently fallen at his home
A section of the trunk managed to roll back towards him and crushed him
First responders found his body trapped under the trunk when they arrived