GRPD: 1 dead in head-on crash on Lake Michigan Drive

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — One person was killed in a crash that shut down a stretch of Lake Michigan Drive in Grand Rapids Wednesday morning, police say.

The crash happened around 8:15 a.m. on Lake Michigan Drive NW near the intersection of Fairfield Avenue NW. The Grand Rapids Police Department said a westbound sedan collided head-on with an eastbound SUV in the center turn lane. An eastbound Rapid bus that was driving by was also hit.

The driver of the car was killed. That person’s name wasn’t immediately released.

A 5-year-old who was in the sedan was in a car seat and will be OK, police say, though that child was taken to the hospital.

The driver of the SUV was also injured and taken to the hospital.

Three people on the bus sustained minor injuries.

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