GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Grand Rapids Police Department says five people were hospitalized after a deadly motorcycle crash.
Officers responded to East Fulton Street and Jefferson Avenue SE around 4 p.m. Tuesday.
GRPD says a group of three motorcycles was riding down Fulton when two of them hit a van and then another vehicle.
FOX 17 talked with Grand Rapids Police Chief Eric Winstrom who said the initial investigation shows that the motorcyclists were driving recklessly.
Witnesses at the scene also told police that speed appeared to be a factor in the crash.
Police said later Tuesday night that one of the motorcyclists, 31-year-old Wade Freeman from Grand Rapids, died from his injuries after the crash.
GRPD says the second motorcyclist involved in the crash, along with three people in the van, were hospitalized with nonlife-threatening injuries. No other injuries were reported.
If you saw the crash or have any information about it, call the GRPD Traffic Unit at 616-456-3771.
