SPRING LAKE, MI (WHTC) – A medical condition may have caused the vehicle of a 50-year-old Spring Lake man to crash near his home last evening. According to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Sergeant Christie Wendt, William Berns was driving his SUV eastbound on Savidge Street around 5 PM, approaching Alden Street, when it veered to the left, through the intersection without striking any other vehicle, and slammed into a utility pole. He was taken to North Ottawa Community Hospital in stable condition, and deputies blocked traffic on M-104 for over an hour until Consumers Energy crews were able to stabilize the situation. The crash remains under investigation.
