PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – A 31-year-old Kalamazoo man was injured in a motorcycle crash on Holland’s North Side on Tuesday evening.
According to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Sergeant Michael Hallmeyer, the unnamed man was with a group of bikers heading out of Holland State Park around 6:30 PM. They were eastbound on Ottawa Beach Road “at a high rate of speed,” Hallmeyer said in a statement, and as deputies tried to pull them over, they sped up even more.
One of the motorcyclists came up behind a marked Sheriff’s patrol unit that was in front of the group and lost control around Bower Street while trying to pass the vehicle in a curve on the roadway. The subsequent crash resulted in deputies calling off the chase for the remaining motorcyclists.
The injured biker, who was helmeted, was first taken to Holland Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, and then was sent to the Ottawa County Jail, where he awaits arraignment in Holland District Court on several charges.
The matter remains under investigation, and anyone with any information is asked to contact the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department or Silent Observer.
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