Deputy injured in crash

Deputy Dennis Michael Nash, Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, was seriously injured, Aug. 1, when he crashed his motorcycle on Andersonville Road near White Lake Road.
The 37-year-old Ortonville man lost control in loose gravel at about 11:35 p.m., and was thrown from his motorcycle. Independence Township Fire Department transported him to to Genesys Regional Medical Center, where he underwent surgery. Nash, a deputy for the past 13 years, works in the Main Jail Annex in Pontiac.
Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash. A county Crash Reconstruction Unit is assisting Independence Township deputies with the investigation.