Carson Needham, a student at Northern Michigan University, died in an automobile accident on Sunday on the Lower Peninsula.
According to a Michigan State Police press release, on February 19 at around 7:39 p.m., officers from the MSP Gaylord Post responded to a four-vehicle collision on I-75 in Wawatam Township, Emmet County.
According to authorities, a Jeep being driven by a 78-year-old Indiana man with a passenger was heading southbound on I-75’s northbound lanes when it collided with a car carrying a man and a woman, then two more cars collided.
Carson Needham, a 21-year-old Traverse City resident and a student at Northern Michigan University, is the car’s driver who was killed. According to MSP, the 20-year-old Oxford resident, a car passenger, was treated for her injuries at McLaren Hospital in Petoskey.
According to the police, the Jeep driver’s injuries were not life-threatening, and he was transferred to St. Ignace Hospital. The passenger was sent to McLaren Hospital in Petoskey with potentially fatal injuries. Later, he was stabilized. The occupants of the other vehicles weren’t in danger of losing their lives.
Information on funeral services may be released at a later time.
Needham is a sophomore at Northern Michigan University, according to an email President Brock Tessman delivered to faculty, staff, and students on Tuesday.
Tessman wrote the following message:
“I’m writing this with a great deal of sadness and bad news. We now know that a sophomore from Traverse City, Michigan, Carson Needham perished in an automobile accident on Sunday. Carson double-majored in communications studies and music. He was a percussionist in the jazz band and participated in the marching band’s drumline for NMU. Our thoughts and prayers are with Carson’s family, friends, and loved ones as they deal with an unfathomable loss.
We are all still mourning what happened at Michigan State University, so dealing with this tragedy may be more demanding. We want to remind our campus community that it is essential to process the emotions brought on by this and any other unfavorable news to be complete and well. Please help by utilizing the resources you have. Support one another by contacting your fellow students, employees, and faculty members.”
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