Traverse City Record-Eagle

December 14, 2009

1pm: Teen dead in Otsego collision


GAYLORD — Authorities identified a Johannesburg teen who died in a traffic crash.

Levi Coger, 16, died in a crash early Sunday on Chippewa Trail in Otsego County's Charlton Township.

Coger was in an inflatable raft pulled by a van along the road. As the van slowed for a curve, the raft continued into the path of oncoming traffic and was hit by another van.

Coger was taken to the hospital and later pronounced dead.

Investigation into the crash continues, and the incident will be reviewed by the Otsego County prosecutor's office. The van was driven by a man, 17, of Gaylord.