HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — Holland resident Jeffrey Green, 42, is the name of the man killed in a traffic crash on southbound Waverly Avenue near East Eighth Street in Holland Township just after 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021.
Mr. Green was bicycling south on Waverly when he was was struck by a vehicle from behind, then hit by a second car. He was pronounced dead at Holland Hospital shortly after the crash, according to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael VanDenBosch.
Police investigators found that Mr. Green’s bicycle didn’t have a functioning light at the back of his bicycle, and he was not wearing a bike helmet.
Meika Weiss, founding president of Pedal Holland, which promotes bicycling and bicycle safety, said the group does provide bike lights to people who don’t have them and can’t afford them. Visit pedalholland.org.
The crash remains under investigation.
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