PORTLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- The Ionia County Sheriff's Office says a 68-year-old man from Portland, Michigan, is dead after his pickup truck slammed into a tree last night.
It happened around 8:20 on Divine Highway at Barnes Road in Portland Township. Sheriff's deputies responded to the one-vehicle crash.
Police are investigating why the vehicle left the road. They say the man was extricated from the wreckage and taken to a hospital in Ionia where he was declared dead.
The Ionia County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Portland Fire Authority, Portland Ambulance, Portland Police Department, Ionia County Central Dispatch and Reed & Hoppes Towing.
The man's name had not been released as of time of publication.
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