CLINTON COUNTY, MI. (THECOUNT) — Zachary Miller, of Elsie, Michigan, has been identified as the off-duty Elsie Area Fire Department firefighter fatally struck by a vehicle Tuesday in Clinton County.

Miller, 20, a recent grad of Ovid-Elsie Area Schools, was struck and killed by a vehicle while assisting crash victims near Elsie Tuesday morning.

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Information is limited but what we know is, Miller was helping victims of a vehicle crash on N Scott Rd near St. Johns, when he was struck by a passing vehicle Tuesday.

“It’s a very hard day here at the Elsie Area Fire Department,” the department said on their Facebook page. “Rest in Peace, Zach. You will be missed. We have the watch from here.”

The cause of the deadly incident remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Clinton County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 79,128. The county seat is St. Johns. The county was created in 1831 and organized in 1839. It is named after early American politician DeWitt Clinton – Wikipedia.