EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to state the updated information from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office on the crash itself, as well as adding the name and correct age for the Chrysler minivan driver.
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — A traffic crash at the intersection of 136th Avenue at Van Buren Street in Port Sheldon sent two women to area hospitals, just before 3 p.m. Friday, June 7, 2019, according to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Sgt. Christie Wendt.
Investigators found a 25-year-old West Olive woman had been driving a Ford Fusion south on 136th, when a Chrysler minivan, with a 21-year-old Holland woman at the wheel, was headed west on Van Buren.
The minivan driver, later identifed as Holland resident Samantha Greiner, 21, died on Sunday, June 9, 2019, at Spectrum Health Butterworth.
The Chrysler driver went by Aeromed to Spectrum Health Butterworth in Grand Rapids; the Ford driver went by AMR ambulance to Holland Hospital.
“The Chrysler mini van driver (Greiner) was westbound on VanBuren St and did stop for the stop sign,” wrote Ottawa County Sgt. Mike Vandenbosch in an email to WHTC. “She then proceeded into the intersection and was hit by the south bound Ford Fusion. The Fusion hit the passenger side of the Chrysler minivan making it an angle crash. The Fusion driver had the right of way as there is no stop sign for 136th Ave traffic.”
