REPUBLIC -- Update Thursday December 29, 2011 3:40 a.m. 

State police have released the name of an 18-year-old Republic girl who was struck by a vehicle while walking on M-95 Wednesday evening.   

According to the Michigan State Police from the Negaunee post, the incident happened just before 6 p.m. on M-95, south of County Road 601 in Republic Township.

Two pedestrians were walking north on M-95. One of them, 18-year-old Morgan Mercer of Republic, was hit by a northbound vehicle driven by 83-year-old Theodore Pepin of Ishpeming.

Mercer was taken to Bell Hospital where she was pronounced dead.  The other pedestrian was not hit or injured.
    
Pepin and his passenger, 81-year-old Betty Pepin of Ishpeming, were uninjured.   

The crash remains under investigation.

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State Police are on the scene of a fatal accident in Republic.  Few details are being released, but police did confirm that a car hit a pedestrian on M-95.

It happened just before 6 p.m. Wednesday.  The pedestrian has been killed.

The name of the victim and the circumstances surrounding the accident have not been released.

We will have more information as soon as it becomes available.