Hillsdale County district judge involved in crash
HILLSDALE — The Hillsdale City Police Department is investigating a crash that occurred Monday morning where 2B District Judge Megan Stiverson was pulled from her Chevrolet Suburban and transported to Hillsdale Hospital.
Authorities have yet to release information on the incident, but witnesses said a Nissan passenger car operated by a middle-aged, unidentified woman entered Carleton Road (M-99) from Lewis Street and collided with Stiverson's Suburban, which overturned in front of Hillsdale GMC.
Police officers from Hillsdale were joined by the Hillsdale County Sheriff's Office, Litchfield Police Department and Michigan State Police to close down Carleton Road between Spring Street and Fayette Street while firefighters and EMS personnel from Reading Emergency Unit worked to clear the scene and reopen the roadway.
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The HCPD did not disclose the extent of injuries Stiverson sustained in the crash.
The operator of the Nissan passenger car was out walking around and speaking with emergency responders while awaiting the arrival of a second ambulance from Hudson EMS.
Stiverson was elected to the bench in November 2020 and took office Jan. 1, 2021, when Judge Sara S. Lisznyai ran an unopposed campaign for the circuit court bench in the wake of the retirement of long-serving Judge Michael R. Smith. Stiverson previously served as the chief assistant prosecutor for Hillsdale County.
— Contact Reporter Corey Murray at cmurray@hillsdale.net or follow him on Twitter: @cmurrayHDN.
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