ZEELAND TWP. (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 8, 2026) – For the second time in less than four hours on Wednesday morning, a single-vehicle, fatal crash involving a Grand Rapids man has been reported in Ottawa County.
Sheriff’s Sergeant Tyler VanDoeselaar was again among the first responders who were dispatched to I-196 near the 53 mile marker east of Holland, in the area of the 96th Avenue overpass, shortly before 10:30 AM. That was where a westbound vehicle veered off of the roadway and went down a shoulder/embankment, striking several trees, before coming to rest. The unnamed driver, a 32-year-old man, was thrown from the vehicle and was declared dead at the scene.
Around 7 AM, an unnamed 21-year-old Grand Rapids man died when he was thrown from his vehicle on Port Sheldon Road west of 152nd Avenue in Port Sheldon Township, after the vehicle veered off of the roadway, which was under reconstruction, and rolled over several times. No other details as to what led the vehicles to leave the roadway in either incident were immediately disclosed.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Ottawa County Central Dispatch (800-249-0911) or Ottawa County Silent Observer (877-887-4536).
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