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Jeep crushed by semi, 1 dead
Posted: 05.17.2011 at 7:18 PM
Updated: 05.18.2011 at 11:00 AM
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GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY -- The Michigan State Police is still investigating the cause of a deadly crash in Grand Traverse County.

Troopers were on scene Wednesday reconstructing the crash.

Andrew Ankerman, 20, of Williamsburg, was killed when he drove off M-72 and hit a parked semi-trailer.

It happened Tuesday around 6:00 p.m. in front of the Factory Direct building near Arnold Road.That's about a half mile from Turtle Creek Casino. 

The Jeep driven by Ankerman went underneath the semi-truck ripping the roof off the Jeep. 

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