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One person dead in Mecosta County accident

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BIG RAPIDS — A teenager has died after a rollover accident in Mecosta County.

It happened Thursday afternoon on 140th Avenue near 13 Mile Road in Colfax Township.

The Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office reports that a 14-year-old driving south on 140th Ave. lost control of the car he was driving and flipped. Two passengers were thrown from the vehicle.

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The driver was taken to the hospital in Big Rapids with minor injuries. A 19-year-old woman, from Big Rapids, was also taken to the hospital, but with serious injuries. Another woman, an 18-year-old from Fort Wayne, Indiana, died at the scene of the accident.

There were no adults present in the 14-year-old’s vehicle when the crash occurred.

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