Published: July 15, 2008 09:51 am         

Motorcyclist dies in Missaukee crash

LAKE CITY -- A Houghton Lake motorcyclist died in a traffic crash in Missaukee County.

Sheriff's deputies responded to a crash at the intersection of M-55 and Seven Mile Road at about 10 a.m. Sunday. Matthew T. Kennedy, 36, was riding his motorcycle west on M-55 and was struck by a pickup truck turning north onto Seven Mile Road, police said.

Authorities took Kennedy to Mercy Hospital in Cadillac, where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the truck, an 80-year-old Lake City man, wasn't injured.

Missaukee Undersheriff Will Yancer said the results of the investigation will be sent to the county prosecutor's office for review.