*Updated* Wrecker Takes Early Morning Plunge into Budd Lake

The Clare County Central Dispatch received a call of a traffic crash on 09-24-2024 at 0433 hrs. The traffic crash was reported to have occurred on Townline Lake Rd near Oak Grove Rd in the City of Harrison. It was reported an Auto Solutions Wrecker was involved in this crash.

Deputies with the Clare County Sheriff Office responded to the scene, where they observed the wrecker. off the roadway, and in Budd Lake. Through investigation, it was determined the wrecker driver had been traveling west bound on Townline Lake Rd. The driver failed to negotiate the curves in the roadway, and crossed the center line where he continued to travel in a straight line before running off the south side of the roadway and crashing into some trees. After striking the trees, the wrecker left the land and traveled into Budd Lake where it struck a Monark Pontoon docked in the area.

Emergency Management Director Jerry Becker was contacted for any possible contamination caused to Budd Lake from the wrecker entering the water.

Speed appears to be a factor in the crash, which is still under investigation. There were no injuries reported from the crash.

The Clare County Sheriff Office was assisted on scene by the Mobile Medical Response Ambulance Services as well as the Harrison Fire Department and the Clare County Emergency Management Division.