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MSP investigates deadly head-on crash on S. Ballenger Highway
Posted: 11.28.2012 at 12:00 PM
Jane Park

Jane Park is an Anchor / Reporter at NBC25.

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FLINT TOWNSHIP -- Michigan State Police are investigating a head-on crash that killed at least one person Tuesday evening.

Authorities were dispatched to South Ballenger Highway south of Miller Road in Flint Township around 8:30 p.m. for reports of a truck that collided with another vehicle.  S. Ballenger Highway remained closed to traffic at 11 p.m. as first responders worked to retrieve a body from a vehicle pinned under a utility truck.

MSP officials on scene tell NBC25 a driver in a black vehicle rounded the corner and collided with a Hydaker-Wheatlake Co. utility truck. 

Police confirmed on Wednesday morning that the driver of the black vehicle was pronounced dead on the scene.

The victim has been identified as 33-year-old Andrew Hittle from Otter Lake.

The Genesee County Sheriff's Department, Flint Township Police, Flint Fire and STAT EMS all assisted with the incident.

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