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Man dies from injuries from crash in Ottawa Co.

Posted at 1:19 PM, Sep 26, 2018
and last updated 2018-09-27 01:21:33-04

GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A man has died after a crash Sunday afternoon.

The Ottawa County Sheriff says that Martin Schuiling, 92, died Tuesday at the hospital. He was a driver in a crash at the intersection of 44th Street and 14th Avenue in Georgetown Township about 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

Deputies say that Schuiling was driving west on 44th Street and went to make a left-hand turn onto 14th Avenue when he turned in front of an eastbound vehicle.  Deputies say the light at the intersection was blinking yellow for both directions.

A passenger in Schuiling’s vehicle, Norma Krampe, 82, remains hospitalized.  The driver of the other vehicle, a 32-year-old Hudsonville man was hospitalized after the crash.