MARQUETTE – A moped driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a two-vehicle personal injury crash on Grove Street near County Road 492 in Marquette Township on Friday night, according to the Marquette County Sheriff’s Office.

The moped driver, a 31-year old Marquette man, was driving a 2021 Genuine Moped northbound on County Road 492 when he “lost control and fell onto the roadway,” police said in a news release.

The fall “resulted in the moped crashing into a 2018 Subaru WRX,” driven by a 62-year-old Marquette Township man, the release stated. The Subaru was stopped at the stop sign at the intersection of Grove Street and County Road 492 during the collision.

The driver of the Subaru was not injured and declined medical treatment on the scene, but the moped driver was taken to UP Health Systems – Marquette Hospital for treatment of serious injuries, police said.

The sheriff’s office responded to the incident around 6:35 p.m. and was assisted on the scene by Marquette Township Fire and Rescue, UP Health Systems EMS, the Marquette City Police Department, Michigan State Police and Marquette Detailing Towing Service.