Jasmine Dinsmoore, a 15-year-old Clarkston High School student, died Sept. 11, nearly two days after being involved in a four-vehicle, 12-person crash, Tuesday, Sept. 9.
The accident occurred at 6:01 p.m. on Dixie Highway near Waterford Road.
The Oakland County Crash Reconstruction unit reported a 2000 Ford pick up truck, driven by a 20-year-old Clarkston resident, with two other adult passengers, was traveling northbound on Dixie when it was struck by a 1993 Jeep Cherokee attempting to turn south from westbound Waterford Road. The Jeep was driven by a 26-year-old Clarkston resident, who had three infant children in her vehicle. (OCSD is not releasing the identities.)
After the impact, the driver of the Ford lost control of the vehicle and crossed the center turn lane in the oncoming traffic striking Dinsmoore head-on, who had her learner’s permit and was driving her parent’s 1998 Pontiac Montana. Her mother, Becky Summerlee, 36, and her 11-year-old brother, Taylor Summerlee, were also in the car.
After the second impact, the Ford struck a 2003 Ford Explorer, driven by a 44-year-old Clarkston resident with a 16-year-old passenger. The Explorer was traveling in the curb lane adjacent to Dinsmoore’s vehicle at the time of the crash.
The three occupants of the Ford pickup were transported to Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital and were listed in critical condition. None were wearing seatbelts.
Dinsmoore and her mother, who remains in critical condition at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, were wearing seatbelts. Dinsmoore’s brother, in the backseat, was not wearing a belt and was thrown from the vehicle. He remains in critical condition at Genesys Medical Center in Grand Blanc.
The driver of the Jeep Cherokee and her three children were not injured. The driver was wearing her seatbelt and her children were secured in car seats.
The driver of the Explorer and her passenger were treated and released at the scene with minor injuries. Both were wearing seatbelts.
The crash remains under investigation.