Full Notification

Subject: Personal Injury Crash Cass County Michigan
 
Sheriff Richard J. Behnke reports that on September 5, 2022 at approximately 11:15am, Deputies were called to a two vehicle personal injury accident on East Lakeshore Drive in Silver Creek Township.  A  45 year-old Illinois resident, Dean Reidy, his Wife Meghan, and their four children had just pulled out of a driveway on East Lakeshore Drive heading northbound.   Nine-year-old Illinois resident Jacob Wilhelm was traveling westbound from his yard on a 50cc Yamaha motor bike.  Wilhelm left the yard and traveled into the roadway and was struck by Reidy's vehicle.  Wilhelm was transported to Bronson Kalamazoo for his injuries.  A helmet was worn by Wilhelm and seatbelts were worn by all of the Reidy's.   Alcohol was not a factor in the crash.
 
Assisting at the scene was Cass County Marine Division, Tribal Police, Pride Care Ambulance, and Sister Lakes Fire Dept.