Four-vehicle crash leaves driver in critical condition 

By Heather VanDyke

The Yale Expositor

CHINA TWP. — A four-vehicle collision at a rural intersection on June 4 left a Clay Township woman in critical condition and sent three other drivers to area hospitals, authorities said.

St. Clair County sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash at McKinley Road and Marine City Highway shortly before 8 a.m. on that Thursday. 

Investigators said a 46-year-old Clay Township woman was driving a silver Dodge Journey northbound on McKinley Road when she failed to stop at the intersection. Her SUV entered the intersection  and struck a white Jeep Cherokee driven by a 32-year-old Fraser woman.

The initial impact triggered a chain-reaction collision that involved two oncoming vehicles: a gray Ford F-150 driven by a 22-year-old Shelby Township woman and a white Hyundai Elantra driven by a 40-year-old Harrison Township woman.

Emergency medical personnel transported all four drivers to local hospitals. Officials confirmed Friday, June 5, that the driver of the Dodge Journey remains in critical condition. The conditions of the other three drivers were not immediately released.

An update on Sunday, June 7, was not immediately available. 

The intersection was closed for several hours Thursday while accident reconstruction teams documented the scene and crews cleared the wreckage.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office.