PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 18, 2022) – Two teenagers from eastern Ottawa County were injured in a single-vehicle crash north of Holland before dawn on Sunday morning.
According to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Sergeant Chris Dill, deputies and other first responders were dispatched to Lakeshore Drive near Dune View Court, just north of Holland State Park, at 5:15 AM. That was where a southbound vehicle left the roadway “at a high rate of speed” and struck both a power pole and a large tree. No other vehicles were involved.
The 15-year-old Hudsonville boy driving the vehicle and his 14-year-old female passenger from Jension had to be extricated by rescue workers. The driver was airlifted to Spectrum-Butterworth Hospital with critical injuries, while the passenger was taken by ambulance to tht same downtown Grand Rapids medical facility in serious condition.
It was the second time in just over 12 hours that an Aeromed helicopter was in that vicinity, as the craft appeared at a Benjamin’s Hope open house off of Riley Street and 152nd Avenue on Saturday afternoon. Consumers Energy crews were also at the scene to remove power lines downed by the crash and to replace the damaged utility pole.
The incident remains under investigation.
