A Nov. 22 car crash on M-15 near Cranberry Lake Road occurred because a driver attempted to avoid another crash, according to an Oakland County Sheriff crash investigator.
Emergency crews responded to the entrance of the Standard Federal Bank shortly before 5 p.m. to extricate the driver of a vehicle which was hit by a northbound vehicle which left the roadway.
Deputy Gary Richert of the sheriff crash reconstruction unit said the driver of the northbound vehicle, a 16-year-old Clarkston boy, attempted to avoid a crash with a southbound vehicle making a left turn into the bank.
The northbound traffic in the left lane was stopped to allow the turn, but traffic in the right lane was unaware of the southbound driver’s attempt to turn. In swerving to avoid the southbound vehicle, the northbound Ford Explorer collided with the parked Chrysler 300, driven by a 44-year-old Brandon Township woman, reports said.
Investigators did not release information about the driver or the vehicle making the left turn. That vehicle escaped the crash.
Richert said both drivers involved in the crash were wearing seat belts. The Brandon Township woman, who required extrication by the Independence Township Fire Department, was last known to be in stable condition at Genesys Regional Medical Center.