MONTCALM COUNTY, Mich. — An 89-year-old Edmore man was killed while checking his mailbox on Monday afternoon.

The Montcalm County Sheriff's Office said around 1:14 p.m., deputies responded to N Sheridan Road near E Church Road for a report of a truck vs. UTV crash.

Law enforcement believes the Edmore man had just checked his mailbox across N. Sheridan Road in his Polaris Ranger, and was attempting to make it back to his driveway when the crash happened.

A 40-year-old Lakeview man was headed southbound in his 2002 Ford F350 when the UTV failed to yield to the pickup, hitting the truck's driver's side, the sheriff's office said.

The pickup was towing a trailer with another car on it, and before the collision, the truck attempted to take evasive action. That caused the trailer to separate

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