ORV rider dies after crashing into dog
Accident happened Feb. 23; victim died March 7
Updated: Monday, 08 Mar 2010, 11:38 AM EST
Published : Monday, 08 Mar 2010, 11:31 AM EST
STURGIS, Mich. (WOOD) - A man has died from injuries he suffered after his ORV collided with a dog.
The crash occurred about 7:25 p.m. Feb. 23 in the 1400 block of El Lafayette Street in Sturgis.
William Yake, 38, of Sturgis was riding west at a high rate of speed, police say, when a dog ran into his path.
Police found Yake critically injured lying in the road and the dog dead in a ditch.
Yake was not wearing a helmet. He was taken to Sturgis Hospital and then airlifted to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo.
He passed away on March 7.
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