73-year-old motorcyclist critically injured in US-31 crash
A 73-year-old Holland man is in critical condition following a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning along US-31 in Grand Haven Township.
GRAND HAVEN TWP. — A 73-year-old Holland man is in critical condition following a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning along US-31 in Grand Haven Township.
Emergency responders, including Ottawa County Sheriff’s deputies and the Grand Haven Township Fire Department, were dispatched to the intersection of US-31 and 152nd Avenue just before 11 a.m.
According to preliminary findings from investigators, the man was riding his motorcycle northbound on US-31 when a pickup truck pulling a trailer pulled onto the highway from 152nd Avenue directly into his path.
The driver of the pickup, a 46-year-old man from West Olive, forced the motorcyclist to lay down his bike, causing the rider to slide into the side of the truck.
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First responders transported the injured motorcyclist to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the pickup truck was uninjured in the incident.
Authorities temporarily closed northbound lanes of US-31 to conduct a crash reconstruction and clear debris from the roadway.
The crash remains under investigation by the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office.
— Submitted by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department. To submit a news tip, email newsroom@ottawanewsnetwork.org.
