Michigan Firefighters Rescue Man Before Train Collides With Overturned Vehicle

By Sara Powers, CBS Detroit

January 23, 2023

Firefighters in Portage rescued a man Friday before a train collided with an overturned vehicle.

The Portage Department of Public Safety was dispatched to the intersection of Shaver Road and West Centre Avenue on Jan. 20 at about 6:20 a.m. for a two-vehicle crash.

When police and fire arrived, they found a Chevy Cruz in the intersection with damage to the front end and a Jeep on its side straddling the railroad tracks, with a man inside the vehicle.

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