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COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP (WOOD-AM) - Van Buren County Sheriff's deputies say a motorcyclist is dead after hitting a tree that had fallen across 48 1/2 Street near County Road 388 in Columbia Township.
The man, 38, was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, the sheriff's office said.
Officers found methamphetamine and a glass pipe in a pants pocket, though it's not clear if he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash.
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