Michigan man arraigned in traffic deaths of couple

6/12/2002

ADRIAN - A Britton, Mich., man was arraigned in Lenawee County District Court yesterday on charges stemming from a traffic accident that killed an Ann Arbor couple last year.

Matthew Burnham, 19, is charged with two counts each of negligent homicide and manslaughter with a motor vehicle. He is charged with causing the June 28 crash that killed Donald Garber, 78, and his wife, Ruth, 74.

The crash occurred in Ridgeway Township at the intersection of Britton Highway and Clinton-Macon Road.