Passenger in Jeep that crashed on I-75 dies, 4 children released from hospital - MLive.com
BAY CITY, MI — A 75-year-old Ohio man, riding in a Jeep Grand Cherokee that crashed on Interstate 75 in Bay County this week, has died, according to police. Bay County Undersheriff Troy Cunningham said Jerry Sloane succumbed to his injuries at Covenant HealthCare in Saginaw the evening of Thursday, Aug. Police said Sloane was traveling in the front passenger seat when the black 2001 Jeep crashed on I-75 about noon on Wednesday, Aug. The vehicle also contained three other adults and six children, none of whom were wearing seat belts or riding in car seats, Cunningham said. As of Friday afternoon, the three other adults in the vehicle — a 26-year-old woman who was driving, her 27 year-old fiancé who was in the passenger seat behind her and a 26-year-old woman who was in the cargo area of the Jeep with all six... The 27-year-old male is the father of two of the children, boys ages 6 and 9. The 26-year-old woman who was riding in the cargo hold of the Jeep, is the mother of the other four children — two boys, ages 3 and 6, and two girls, ages 8 and 9. The... Roger Pate, vice president of Safe Kids Greater Thumb Saginaw Area, said his organization is providing car seats to help safely transport the four siblings back to Ohio. Source: www.mlive.com
