BYRON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD)- One person was killed and three others injured in a three-vehicle crash in Byron Township Wednesday afternoon.
The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. on Byron Center Avenue at 76th Street, according to the Kent County Sheriff’s Department.
Authorities say 83-year-old Bruce Fase of Ada Township was headed south when his Cadillac SUV struck a southbound Dodge Durgano and then a northbound Jeep.
Fase’s passenger, 76-year-old Ruth Prusinski of Ada Township, was rushed to Metro Health Hospital in Wyoming, where she died.
Fase; the driver of the Durango, 61-year-old Timothy Daymon of Byron Center; and the driver of the Jeep, 75-year-old Gerrit Scholten of Byron Center, were also hospitalized but their injures are not considered life-threatening.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but authorities say alcohol is not believed to have been a factor. Everyone involved was wearing their seat belt.
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