The following press release was issued by the The Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office:
NOTICE - PRESS RELEASE 09/01/2022
The Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a Hit and Run accident that occurred on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at approx. 9:00 am on Mackinac Trail approx. ¾ of a mile North of Gorman Road in St. Ignace Township. The initial investigation revealed that a bicyclist was struck from behind by a pickup truck traveling N/B on Mackinac Trail. The collision knocked off the passenger side mirror of the pickup truck and caused the bicyclist to be thrown from their bicycle and into the ditch. The bicyclist received serious injuries due to the accident and is being treated at a northern Michigan hospital.
The suspected vehicle is believed to be a 2007 – 2013 GMC Sierra or Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck that is missing the passenger side mirror pictured below.
Sheriff Wilk is requesting anyone with information regarding this incident or who knows of a possible suspect vehicle, please call the Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office at 906-643-1911 or they can call the Sheriff’s Office Tip Line anonymously at 906-643-1165.
No further information is available at this time.
Undersheriff Ronald J. Umbarger Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office
