SUMMIT TWP., MI – A Van Buren Township man died Saturday morning after the SUV he was riding in veered off of a Jackson County highway and hit a tree.

Rescue crews were called at 4:46 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, to southbound U.S. 127 near Floyd Avenue for a report of a single vehicle crash, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

The vehicle, a black Ford Escape, was going south on the highway when it veered off the roadway and crashed into a tree, police said.

The passenger, Trevor Allen Olson, 35, suffered fatal injuries in the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The driver, also of Van Buren Township, was taken to Henry Ford Jackson to be treated for serious injuries, police said.

Police briefly closed southbound U.S. 127 while collecting evidence at the

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