Nicole Vanderlin, left, with defense attorney Vincent Petrucelli in court on Tuesday. (Photo by Iron Mountain Daily News)

IRON MOUNTAIN — A Vulcan woman who caused a fatal traffic accident last year in Breitung Township was given the opportunity Tuesday to avoid jail time, but her two misdemeanor convictions will remain on her record.

Allowing 23-year-old Nicole Ann-Marie Vanderlin to erase the convictions with a delayed sentence would be a “disservice” to the victims, Rodney and Randall Nelson of Quinnesec, Judge Christopher Ninomiya said.

Vanderlin’s sentence called for four months in jail. However, she can serve one month by completing two months of community service, and she will not have to serve the remaining three months if she successfully completes two years of probation.

Vanderlin previously pleaded no contest to two counts of moving violation causing death, a one-year misdemeanor.

Investigators believe Vanderlin was traveling 61 mph in a 50 mph zone June 6 when she crossed the double center line on Breitung Cutoff Road near Hydraulic Falls Road and collided head-on with a vehicle occupied by the Nelson brothers, 62-year-old Rodney and 58-year-old Randall.

Randall Nelson died at the crash site and Rodney Nelson died at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital, with the cause of death listed as blunt force trauma, according to a Michigan State Police report.