The Eaton County Sheriff’s Office is reporting a Saturday afternoon crash that claimed the lives of two area men.

Earl Richard Miller from Hastings and Eugene Dale Miller from Vermontville died at the scene at the intersection of West Five Point Highway and North Bradley Road.

 

Officials said it initially appears a brown sedan westbound on West Point Highway was struck by a blue SUV that was northbound on North Bradley Road and ran the stop sign.

Both vehicles ended up in the yard of a residence northwest of the intersection.

 

The sedan held the two men who died and a third passenger who was flown by helicopter to a Lansing hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the blue SUV, the only occupant, suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported by ambulance to a Lansing area hospital.

 

Deputies responded to the crash at 1:44 p.m. Eaton Area EMS and the Charlotte Fire Department also responded. The intersection was shut down for about five hours.  The sheriff’s Accident Team and Detective Bureau continue to investigate.