ALLENDALE (WHTC-AM/FM) —
Four people were lucky after a seriously rollover crash Thursday afternoon, according to the crash description by Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Brian Buter.
The collision happened at the intersection of Lake Michigan Drive and 78th Avenue, when Allendale resident Howard Barnes’ tan Jeep Libery struck a maroon Ford Escape driven by Coopersville resident Terry Finkler, 66, traveling with his wife and front-seat passenger, 67-year-old Laurie Finkler traveling with their 3-year-old niece, Isla Finkler, in the back seat
The impact sent the Finklers’ car rolling into the southeast corner of the intersection. Everyone involved had been using seatbelts. Emergency responders attended to each person and each was released from the scene.
Barnes, 18, was cited for failing to yield from a signed intersection, Buter said.