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Motorcyclist killed in Newaygo County crash

Posted at 1:10 PM, Sep 25, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-25 13:25:40-04

WILCOX TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 66-year-old man died Saturday in a crash on E. 1 Mile Road near N. Sycamore Avenue.

The Newaygo County Sheriff’s Department says the crash involving a motorcycle and an SUV happened at about 4:04 p.m.

The motorcyclist, George Paul Fernandez, of Midland, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a release.

The driver of the SUV, 30-year-old Jessica Heather Cole, of Mt. Sterling, Ken., and two young children in her vehicle were not injured.

The cause of the crash was unclear.  Anyone with information on this incident is asked call the Newaygo County Sheriff’s Department at 231-689-7303.