(COLFAX TOWNSHIP) — Authorities in Michigan’s Thumb say a man and woman have died and a third person has been seriously injured after the pickup truck in which they were riding struck a cement mixer. Huron County Sheriff Kelly Hanson says the pickup’s two passengers, 24-year-old Christopher Whisenant of Deford and 19-year-old Audrie Dorsch of Elkton, died in the Thursday morning crash at Pinnebog Road and Richardson Road in Colfax Township. All had to be removed by the Bad Axe Fire Department using their Jaws of Life. The 23-year-old driver, Andrew Trinity of Walled Lake, remains in serious condition at a Saginaw Hospital. Investigators say Trinity didn’t yield and pulled into the path of the loaded mixer. The 45-year-old driver of the concrete truck, Daniel Slocum of Sebewaing, wasn’t hurt. Accident Investigators were on the scene and the road was reopened about 3 hours later.
