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2 injured in motorcycle vs. moped crash in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Police are investigating a motorcycle and moped crash at the corner of Crosstown Parkway and South Burdick Street that injured two people Monday. Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety and ambulances responded to the crash about 4 p.m. One of the riders sustained an ankle injury, according to ambulance scanner traffic, and both were conscious. Police didn't release any other information at the scene.
6-year-old hit by vehicle suffers non-life threatening injuries
GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A six-year-old is recovering after he was hit by a car Monday afternoon. The Kent County Sheriff's Department says a young boy was riding his bicycle on a down slope driveway into the roadway of Greenbrier Drive and into the path of 61-year-old Laura Davis. Deputies say Davis was unable to avoid hitting the child. The young boy was taken to the DeVos Children's Hospital by ambulance to be treated for non-life threatening injuries. Deputies say the child was not wearing a helmet.
Car Vs. Pedestrian Accident
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich.— A teen who received a serious head injury after being hit by a car in Ottawa County has been upgraded to serious condition Tuesday morning. Police say Kaleb Hilton, 17, and two of his friends were crossing U.S. 31 at Riley Street in Holland Township Monday afternoon with their bicycles, when Hilton dropped a water bottle in the road. He walked back into Northbound lanes of traffic to get it, but the traffic lights had changed and he was hit by a car as it went through the light.The driver, Steven Slater, 47, of Twin Lake, was not hurt. Hilton was transported to Holland Community Hospital with critical injuries.
Police Identify Men Who Were Killed In Ionia Crash
IONIA, Mich.— The two men that died Thursday afternoon in a single-car crash in Ionia have been identified. Around 12:45 p.m., Thursday, police responded to the scene of the crash, along Smoky Row, east of Main St. in Ionia Township. Casey Hanline, 21, the driver and Alex Brown, 20, were both pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. An investigation showed that the car, a 1998 Chevy Cavalier, was heading west on Smoky Row when it left the roadway, and hit a ditch going airborne in the process. The car then hit a tree. Police say speed was a factor in the crash, and neither of the men had on seat belts. Conclusions as to what caused the incident will not be released until toxicology tests have been completed.
Teen drops water bottle, hit by car
HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) - A 17-year-old was critically injured late Monday afternoon when he was hit by a car while crossing US-31. Kaleb Hilton and two friends with bikes were crossing US-31 at Riley around 4:25 p.m. Authorities said they had the right of way. But Hilton dropped a water bottle and stopped to pick it up. As he did that, the traffic signal changed for US-31, and the driver, a 47-year-old from Twin Lake, did not see Hilton in the street. Hilton suffered a head injury and was rushed to the hospital. As of Tuesday morning, she was listed in serious but stable condition. The investigation into the incident continues, but authorities said speed was not a factor.
2-car crash injures 4 in Millington Township; 22-year-old arrested for drunk driving
MILLINGTON TOWNSHIP, MI — At 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Michigan State Police troopers from the Caro post responded to a 2-vehicle crash at Willard and M-15. A 22-year-old man was driving a car with three passengers east bound on Willard. He failed to stop at a stop sign and was struck by another vehicle carrying two people, according to police. Three occupants in the east bound car and the passenger of the other vehicle were taken to Genesis Hospital. The 22-year-old was arrested for operating under the influence of alcohol, which police say is believed to be the major cause of the crash. The Michigan State Police was assisted at the scene by Millington Fire and Rescue and the Tuscola County Sheriff's Department.
Hit-and-run accident critically injures Danville teen
The Ingham County Sheriff's Office is looking to the public for help in identifying a driver in a hit-and-run accident Saturday that critically injured a teenager. The victim, a 19-year-old Danville man, was biking along M-36 east of Meech Road about 11 p.m. when an unknown vehicle struck him along the roadway, according to the Sheriff's Office. The vehicle fled the scene. The victim was taken to Sparrow Hospital and listed in critical condition. He was critical but stable as of Monday morning, according to the Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff's Office continues to investigate the accident.
Authorities name female motorcyclist injured in Muskegon crash
MUSKEGON, MI— Authorities have identified the Muskegon woman injured in a Saturday afternoon motorcycle crash as 53-year-old Norma Scheele. Police said early Monday that Scheele, a Muskegon Public Schools employee, had not been wearing a helmet when she sustained serious injuries after colliding with a minivan that failed to stop at a stop sign at Wood Street and Orchard Avenue around 1 p.m. on Saturday. The investigation remained open Monday, but the driver of the van will likely receive a citation once the case is closed, police said. A Mercy Health Partners Hackley Campus official said early Monday that Scheele has since been discharged from the Muskegon hospital. Police said they haven’t been contacted by hospital officials about her condition which means she likely improved since the crash. Initially, witnesses as the scene said Scheele had been seriously injured. Due to privacy laws, hospital and police officials can't divulge what type of injuries Scheele sustained. The driver of the minvan, James Monroe, 70, from Muskegon Heights, told witnesses at the scene that he mistakenly ran the stop sign. Authorities declined to name Monroe as the driver of the van because the investigation into the crash continued Monday morning.