SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI —

The 51-year-old driver of a motorcycle has died from injuries suffered in a crash on Tittabawassee near Hackett Sunday, May 19, about 7:10 p.m., police said.

Witnesses observed the motorcycle driven by the male driver with a female passenger westbound on Tittabawassee, according to Saginaw Township Chief of Police Don Pussehl Jr.

The motorcycle crossed the center line into the eastbound lanes of traffic and struck a curb on the south side of Tittabawassee, police said. The vehicle then ro

lled over, causing both the driver and passenger to fall off the motorcycle.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The 44-year-old female passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to Covenant HealthCare hospital by MMR Ambulance, police said.

Responding officers determined that the accident occurred on Saginaw Township’s side of Tittabawassee Road.

The names of the driver and passenger are not being released at this time until notification of next of kin can be made. The accident remains under investigation.

EMS workers were observed at the scene loading one victim, covered in a white cloth, into the back of an ambulance. The motorcycle, a Harley, was loaded onto a tow truck and transported from the scene.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash, police said.

Tittabawassee was closed between Hackett and Hospital for about two hours while the Saginaw County Crash Investigation Team worked at the scene, according to Saginaw County 911. Police have said the investigation is normally called to crash scenes with serious or potentially fatal injuries.

The road was re-opened about 9:10 p.m.

This is the sixth motorcycle crash in Saginaw County since the beginning of May, according to police, including another

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