GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A drunk driver on a rural northern Kent County road ran a stop sign killing a 58-year father of five, grandfather of 17 who was raising two young adopted boys. The intoxicated driver, Michael Ray Hoogewing, is now serving a six to 20-year sentence.
The crash happened in November and the sentencing happened earlier this month, but the family of David Cliff say their memories and the impact of his loss will remain forever.
“He made you feel like you were family whether you were family or not,” said Cliff’s wife, Brenda Cliff.
David Cliff left his Greenville home before 6 a.m. on Nov. 9, 2016 heading to work and driving his 2003 Grand Am south on Lincoln Lake Road. A 2006 Saab traveling west on 6 Mile Road failed to yield to a stop sign.
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