Grand Haven Motorcyclist Dies Following Crash

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – A 56-year-old Grand Haven man died from injuries suffered after his motorcycle was rammed by a minivan on Tuesday afternoon. Deputies say that an unhelmeted Mark Taylor was waiting to make a left hand turn from Lakeshore Drive to Tamarack Lane south of Grand Haven when he was struck from behind and thrown from his machine. Taylor succumbed at Spectrum-Butterworth Hospital on Friday. The case will be turned over to the prosecutor’s office for possible action against the minivan driver, 21-year-old Ashlyn McDonald of suburban Detroit, as is standard proceedure after any fatal traffic incident.