Motorcycle fatality has alcohol involved
Posted: 08.19.2011 at 4:45 AM
PORTAGE TOWNSHIP -- A Grand Traverse County man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Mackinac County.
The Michigan State Police report that the accident happened just before 10 Thursday night, on H-42 near Hoffy Road in Portage Township.
A motorcycle driven by 54-year-old Larry Arnold Hautala, of Fife Lake, went off the road on a curve and hit several trees.
Two motorcyclist travleing with Hautala were not involved in the crash.
State Police believe that alcohol is a contributing factor in the crash, which remains under investigation.