LAKE ORION (WWJ) - A Lake Orion man has been killed in a crash in northern Michigan.
The Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department says 62-year old Michael Trafton lost control of his car on I-75 near Rondo Road last Sunday and crashed into a car that was on the side of the freeway assisting another vehicle that went off the roadway.
Trafton was declared dead at the scene. His 59-year-old wife, Laurie, was critically injured and remains hospitalized at McLaren Petoskey hospital.
A female passenger who was in the vehicle struck by Trafton's car received minor injuries.
Investigators say roads were icy at the time and speed was a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.