MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP

MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, MI -- A 4-year-old boy has died and a 33-year-old woman is being treated at Sparrow Hospital after the two were pulled from Lake Lansing Tuesday morning. Police say the boy was pronounced dead at the hospital after crews recovered the duo, who are believed to have been in a kayak that overturned. Crews were able to rescue the duo, but the boy was unresponsive after being pulled from the water. Anyone who may have information on what happened is asked to contact the the Meridian Township Police Department at 517-853-4800. READ MORE:Husband finds wife, baby dead in hospital parking garageTree trimmer falls 60 feet to his death in West Michigan

MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, MI -- A child and an adult were rescued from Lake Lansing Tuesday morning and taken to a nearby hospital, according to the Associated Press. The duo were pulled from the water by responders who wore ice water rescue suits to safely extract them from the icy water. Both the child and the adult were listed in serious condition following the incident. A kaya was found nearby, but no other information was released by officials. READ MORE:Out-of-state murder suspect found hiding in home in AlpenaAccused getaway driver in fatal shooting of 7-year-old Pontiac girl turns himself inChicago-area man charged with ramming police SUV after mysteriously arriving at Saginaw County schoolBrother and sister fatally shot in Michigan, suspect in custody, police say

An adult and child have been rescued from a frigid Lansing-area lake.

MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, MI – A total of 330 deer were harvested as part of a Michigan communities annual deer cull. Officials in Meridian Township, which is located just east of Lansing, concluded the 11th year of its deer management program earlier this year. The archery program helps control deer populations in the area and involves a volunteer archery program and deer cull conducted and managed by the Meridian Township Police Department. An annual firearm deer cull was approved in December 2020. “We are pleased with the results of the deer cull and the efforts of the Police Department,” said Police Chief Ken Plaga.

MERIDIAN TWP., MI – Police have identified the driver killed in a crash with a tree early Saturday morning in Meridian Township outside Lansing. Daniel James Bath, 19, of Haslett, died Feb. 27, when he crashed into a tree along Jolly Road near Ambassador Drive, according to the Meridian Township Police Department. Driver killed in crash with tree near LansingWith assistance from the Ingham County Regional Crash Investigation Team, police determined Bath was driving east on Jolly Road at about 1:37 a.m., when he lost control of his vehicle, left the road and hit the tree, police said. Bath was wearing his seatbelt and he was the only occupant in the vehicle, police said. Anyone with information should contact the Meridian Township Police Department at 517-853-4800 or submit an anonymous tip through the department’s social media websites.

MERIDIAN TWP., MI – A driver was killed early Saturday morning in a crash with a tree in Meridian Township. Police were called to the area of Jolly Road near Ambassador Drive just after 1:30 a.m. Saturday for a single-car crash, police said. The vehicle was driving eastbound on Jolly Road when the driver lost control and hit a tree. The driver, whose name is being withheld pending notification of family, was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. Police are continuing to investigate the crash.

MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, MI – The suspect in a barricaded gunman incident over the weekend attempted to escape police custody while he was receiving medical treatment at a Lansing-area hospital. It turns out he was allegedly driving a stolen vehicle when the crash occurred. RELATED: Car crash leads to standoff with gunman on Chili’s restaurant roofStumpf was injured during the process of being taken into custody, police said. He has since been arraigned on several felony charges, including receiving and concealing a stolen vehicle, police said. The suspect fled the crash scene with a rifle and climbed to the Chili’s roof, which is in an out lot of the mall.

MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, MI – A car crash over the weekend led to a barricaded gunman situation in an out lot of a Lansing-area mall. The driver of one of the vehicles fled the crash scene with a rifle and barricaded himself on the roof of a Chili’s restaurant, Meridian Township Police said in a news release. The suspect fled the crash scene with a rifle and climbed up to the Chili’s roof, which is an out lot of the mall. The Meridian Township Police Department was assisted at the scene by the Michigan State University Police Department, the East Lansing Police Department, the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office and the Michigan State Police, police said. Anyone who has information regarding this incident is asked to contact Meridian Township Police at 517-853-4800 or submit an anonymous tip through the police department’s social media sites.