CUSTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Investigators in Mason County have called in a crash reconstructionist following a fatal one-vehicle crash Friday night.
Deputies with the Mason County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the scene at 7:52 p.m. on Tuttle Road south of Filburn Road.
Police say evidence shows a Chevy Malibu was heading north on Tuttle Road when it drifted off the road and struck an embankment. The sheriff’s office says 21-year-old Izeek Ratliff of Scottville was declared dead at the scene.
According to Sheriff’s investigators, the vehicle was not “road legal” and had been modified as a “derby car”. They’re trying to figure out why the vehicle left the roadway.
The crash reconstructionist will examine it to see if a mechanical failure was involved
