HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) – A Hillsdale teenager was flown to a Toledo hospital Saturday morning after his pickup truck crashed south of Hillsdale.
The Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department says 18-year-old Joshua Pavelko was driving a 1995 Chevrolet pickup on East Bear Lake Road near South Hillsdale Road at about 8:30 a.m. when he lost control.
The vehicle ran off the road and struck a mailbox and a ditch before it came to rest against a tree.
Pavelko was airlifted from the crash scene by Lifeflight to Mercy St. Vincent’s Hospital in Toledo.
Deputies were assisted at the crash scene by the Hillsdale Township Fire Department, Reading Emergency Unit and the Michigan State Police. The crash remains under investigation.
