The accident is still under investigation.
Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 11:41 p.m.
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KEWEENAW COUNTY -- Update 4:55 a.m., Monday, June 29, 2009
The following are the conditions and locations of the three injured passengers:
Seventeen-year-old Ryan Harju is listed in fair condition at Marquette General, 18-year-old Stephanie Coon is still in intensive care at Aspirus Keweenaw, and 17-year-old Ashley Blaksley was taken to a hospital in Green Bay where her condition is unknown.
Authorities continue to investigate Saturday's fatal traffic accident.
It happened on US-41 just south of Copper Harbor, near the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge at 8:20 p.m.
According to the Keweenaw County Sheriff's Office, 20-year-old Jacob Parkhurst of Sand Lake, Michigan was traveling north on US-41 when he lost control on a curve and collided with an oncoming vehicle driven by 52-year-old Joyce Pietri of Golden Valley, Arizona.
Parkhurst was pronounced dead at the scene.
Three passengers in Parkhurst's vehicle, 17-year-old Ryan Harju of Calumet, 18-year-old Stephanie Coon of Houghton, and 17-year-old Ashley Blaksley of Laurium were transported to Portage Hospital with serious injuries.
Their conditions are unknown at this time.
