Man seriously injured in Ida Township crash

7/9/2007
BLADE STAFF

IDA, Mich. - A 43-year-old man last night was seriously injured when his car overturned while driving west on Dunbar Road in Ida Township, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

Thomas R. Melcer, of Ida, was driving on Dunbar, west of Lewis Road, about 11:30 p.m. when he lost control of his vehicle and it overturned, leaving the roadway and coming to rest in a ditch on the north side of the road, deputies said.

Mr. Melcer, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was flown to Toledo Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition this morning.

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