SPARTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Authorities believe alcohol was a factor in a crash that killed one person and injured five others in Kent County Saturday.
It happened around 11:45 p.m. near the intersection of Sparta Avenue and Ball Creek Road in Sparta Township, north of Grand Rapids.
Witnesses told deputies a Chevrolet Cavalier, driven by 33-year-old Ralph Reichard Jr. of Newaygo, crossed the center lane and hit a northbound SUV head on, according to a Kent County Sheriff’s Department news release.
A passenger, 39-year-old Christina Kent of Cedar Springs, was pronounced dead at the scene. Reichard Jr. was not seriously hurt.
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