HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) — A pick-up truck crashed into a tree on Friday afternoon, and a 17-year-old Coopersville boy went by ambulance to a Spectrum Health hospital in Grand Rapids with non-life-threatening injuries.
Ottawa County Sheriff’s deputies called to crash scene on Mill Road near Brucker Street in Polkton Township learned a 16-year-old Coopersville boy had been driving, but lost control of the truck, which hit a tree. Neither of the boys had been wearing seatbelts, according to Sheriff’s Sgt. Jacob MacKeller, who indicated the 16-year-old wasn’t physically hurt.
Speed appears to be a factor in this crash, which remains under investigation, according to MacKeller.
Polkton Township firefighters and Life EMS assisted deputies at the scene.
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