A 72-year-old Springfield Township man was fatally injured last Saturday, Feb. 4, after a two-vehicle crash on Dixie Highway in Independence Township.
The crash occurred at approximately 1:12 p.m. on Dixie Highway north of the intersection at Deer Lake Road.
James Ziegenfelder was operating a 2022 GMC Acadia and turned left from a business on the east side of Dixie Highway in front of a northbound vehicle. His GMC collided with a 2022 Ford Escape, driven by a 54-year-old Holly woman.
Ziegenfelder was transported to a local hospital by paramedics from the Independence Township Fire Department where he died from his injuries several hours later.
A front-seat passenger in his vehicle, also age 72, was hospitalized in stable condition as of press time.
The driver of the Ford Escape was also taken to a hospital where she was treated for injuries and released.
The occupants of both vehicles were wearing seat belts. Neither drug nor alcohol use is suspected in the crash, which remains under investigation by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit.