A driver seriously injured after he swerved to avoid a deer was rescued from the fiery crash by a passerby Monday night.
Jeremiah McDonald, 39, of Montague was driving in Oceana County’s Claybanks Township just before 7 p.m. July 6 when he swerved to avoid a deer, left the road and hit a tree, causing the car to catch fire, according to a press release from the office of Oceana County Sheriff Craig Mast.
Officers with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources who were patrolling nearby were first on the scene of the crash on South Scenic Drive near Webster Road. They learned that a passing motorist, identified as Mathew Beebe of Holland, had rescued McDonald from the burning car, according to the press release.
“The driver was now laying roadside and had suffered obvious serious injuries to both of his legs,” the press release states.