2 Die While Heading To Hospital For Family Member's Birth
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Authorities say two people heading to hospital for the birth of a family member's baby in have died in a crash in southwestern Michigan.
The Kalamazoo County sheriff's department says 34-year-old driver Emil Skokan and 53-year-old passenger Peggy Nichols died in Saturday afternoon's crash in Comstock Township, near Kalamazoo.
The department says the vehicle carrying the Kalamazoo residents lost control and hit a tree.
On Sunday, the department says Skokan and Nichols were on their way to an area hospital for the birth of a family member's baby at the time of the crash.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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