HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Two Holland women were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Holland Township.
Ottawa County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the scene around 1:06 p.m. Monday afternoon at 120th Avenue and James Street in Holland Township. Sgt. Brian Buter says 83-year-old Joyce Bender was southbound on 120th Avenue in a 2005 Chevy Impala in the eastbound turn lane. At this same time, 31-year-old Melissa George was northbound on 120th Avenue in an 2007 Chevy Uplander minivan. Bender failed to yield to George and turned eastbound in front of her causing a near head-on collision.
Both women who were wearing their seatbelts, were injured. Bender is listed in critical condition at Spectrum Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids and George in serious condition at Zeeland Hospital.
The crash remains under investigation.
