Man thrown from car, killed in Polkton Township crash
POLKTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A Grand Rapids man was killed in an early Saturday morning crash.
Around 1 a.m., deputies with the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office were sent to I-96 near 72nd Avenue for a crash.
Responding deputies learned that a black Cadillac Escalade had left the roadway and rolled several times, throwing the driver.
The driver, a 43-year-old Grand Rapids man, died at the scene, the sheriff's office said. His name has not been released.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office at 616.738.4000 or Silent Observer at 877.887.4536.
The crash remains under investigation.
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