Motorcycle-car crash kills man near Monroe

3/16/2009

MONROE A Maybee, Mich., man was killed Saturday night when a motorcycle he was driving and a car collided near the Frenchtown Square Mall in Frenchtown Township, authorities said.

Hollis Hurst, 47, the motorcyclist, was taken to Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe, where he was pronounced dead, according to the Monroe County Sheriff s Office.

The car driver, Brittany Adams, 17, of Milan, Mich., was exiting the mall parking lot about 8 p.m. when she stopped at a stop sign at Mall Road and then drove onto Mall, colliding with the Hurst motorcycle.

The impact threw Mr. Hurst from the bike and into the eastbound lane of Mall, deputies said.

Ms. Adams and her two passengers were not hurt in the crash. The crash is being investigated.