A two-car accident in Marshall County Thursday morning helped reunite a missing elderly man with his family.
Marshall County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene on U.S. 6 and Michigan Street in Lapaz at about 5:31 a.m. Police say that 21-year-old Austin Mahoney was traveling west on U.S. 6 when he approached a stopped vehicle partially parked in the roadway. As Mahoney attempted to go by the vehicle, the driver, an elderly man from Michigan, opened his driver’s door quickly. According to the report, Mahoney could not stop in time and hit the door with his vehicle.
As they were investigating the crash, the sheriff’s deputies learned that the elderly driver’s car was partially stopped in the roadway because it had run out of gas.
According to the report, Deputy Ryan Hollopeter found that the driver had ventured 170 miles away from home and did not know where he was. Upon further investigation, the man’s family in Michigan had reported him missing.
No injuries occurred in this incident, but the man was taken to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center for evaluation. Arrangements were made for the man to be reunited with his family.
