1 killed and 3 injured after head-on collision, Moscow Rd

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One person was killed and three left injured as a result of a highspeed head-on collision on Moscow Road, Friday afternoon.

Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash on Moscow north of Folks Road in Hanover Township, where a 23 year-old man in a stolen vehicle traveling in the southbound lane at over 100 mph attempted to pass a large truck and instead collided head-on with a northbound vehicle.

The crash caused the stolen vehicle to burst into flames.  A bystander and deputy were able to free the 23 year-old from the burning vehicle.

One of the three passengers in the southbound vehicle, a 28 year-old Hillsdale woman, died at the hospital.  A 29 year-old Hillsdale man and a 2 year-old suffered non life threatening injuries.

The driver of the stolen vehicle was treated for non life threatening injuries.

Charges against the 23 year-old are pending.