Updated: Friday, 19 Jun 2009, 4:29 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 19 Jun 2009, 4:29 PM EDT
HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Police say two men were seriously injured when a drunken driver
hit them while they tried to rescue a turtle crossing a Michigan
road.
Forty-three-year-old Derek James Redmond of Mount Clemens was
arraigned Friday on charges including operating while intoxicated
causing serious injury.
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office says deputies early Friday
found a truck stopped on a road in Harrison Township. A 53-year-old
man and a 60-year-old man, both of Harrison Township, were found
nearby with severe injuries and were taken to the hospital. They
had been trying to save a turtle and apparently were struck by a
car.
A preliminary hearing is set for July 1 in district court in
Clinton Township. Redmond didn't have an attorney on record with
the court.