ELBA TWP, MI — A Saginaw County man is dead after his motorcycle collided with a piece of farm equipment.

About 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, Gratiot County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash site on Mason Road just south of M-57 in Elba Township. They arrived to find 31-year-old motorcyclist Daniel Pupava and his female passenger suffering from injuries.

Emergency responders pronounced Pupava, of Marion Springs, deceased at the scene. The female was airlifted to E.W. Sparrow Hospital in Lansing.

Deputies determined Pupava was attempting to pass a piece of farm equipment as it was turning into a field, according to Sheriff Tom Clark.

Clark did not disclose if Pupava was wearing a helmet.

The farm equipment’s driver was uninjured.

Deputies are continuing to investigate the cra

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