FROM STAFF REPORTS
LAKE CITY -- A Crawford County man was killed in a collision with a milk tanker truck.
Michael Robert Treml, 46, drove a pickup truck east on M-55 near Dickerson Road in Missaukee County's Lake Township when he crossed the center line and struck a semi truck head on, sheriff's officials said.
Treml's truck caught fire in the road and the tanker truck rolled over in the ditch. Treml, who lived near Roscommon, died at the scene, authorities said.
The empty milk tanker was driven by Franklin Troyer, 18, of Manton. Troyer had a 12-year-old passenger in the tanker and both were treated and released from Cadillac Mercy Hospital.
State records show Troyer's license is suspended because he failed to appear at a driver re-examination hearing in August, said Fred Woodhams, Michigan Secretary of State spokesman.
Troyer had a farming endorsement on his license, which allowed him to drive vehicles related to agriculture. His license was up for re-examination after a speeding ticket in December in Lake City and another in Cadillac in June.
