Overview

• Family members identified the deceased as patriarch Bill “Papa” Putman, his wife Barb “Neenee,” and daughter-in-law Megan, and asked for prayers.
• Relatives Blake, Lulu, Alena, Noah, and niece Gia were injured and remain hospitalized, with police noting some victims were in critical condition.
• The collision occurred around 9 p.m. on Sept. 26 on Deckerville Road near Hurds Corner Road when a loaded commercial semi struck a Jeep carrying eight family members.
• The semi’s driver, described by police as a 55-year-old Florida man, was arrested, and the Tuscola County Sheriff’s Office says the case remains active.
• The Putmans, known from TLC’s 2017 series Meet the Putmans and their Growing Up Putman channel, issued a faith-based statement and requested privacy as details on medical conditions and cause develop.