TALLMADGE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 14, 2023) – Two persons were hospitalized and power was knocked out for an area near a two-vehicle crash in Marne on Saturday evening.
According to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Sergeant Jon Smoes, deputies and other first responders were dispatched to the intersection of 8th Avenue and Johnson Street just after 7 PM, on a report that a collision had occurred and that downed power lines were blocking the roadway. It was learned that an eastbound pick up truck had stopped for a stop sign and then pulled forward into the path of a northbound minivan that had the right of way. The subsequent collision pushed the vehicles into a nearby utility pole, knocking it and the power lines down.
The minivan driver, a 34-year-old Coopersville woman who had a nine-year-old boy as a passenger, were taken to the Corewell Health complex in downtown Grand Rapids for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. The driver and his passenger in the pick up, both of whom are 20 years old, from Rockford and Marne, respectively, were not hurt.
It took several hours for utility crews to replace the broken pole and restore power to the stricken area. The crash remains under investigation.
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