Winter Weather in Southern Schoolcraft, Michigan

Winter Weather March 3, 2017 · Southern Schoolcraft, Michigan

Death

Injuries

$100K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lake effect snow and poor visibility contributed to a fatal car accident which occurred on US-2 near Gulliver on the early morning of the 3rd. A semi-truck was westbound and a pickup truck was eastbound when one of the drivers lost control and the vehicles collided on US-2 west of Jackson Road in Doyle Township around 230 am. The passenger of the pickup truck was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The driver of the pickup truck was injured and taken to U.P. Health Systems in Marquette. Two people in the semi-truck were taken to Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital for treatment.

The wider storm

Moderate lake effect snow fell near Grand Marais on the morning of the 3rd.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 688613. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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