Two men with roots in Cedar were seriously injured in separate accidents in a three-week period.
One of the men died and the second is fighting for his life at Munson Medical Center.
John Popa of Bingham Township, a county road commissioner, died Friday, Sept. 6 at Munson. He died about three weeks after the Aug. 13 accident on Co. Rd. 641 in which he was driving a Polaris Ranger UTV. According to Sheriff Mike Borkovich, Popa was southbound on 641 when he stopped the utility vehicle to turn left and was struck by a passing vehicle.
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