GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Police are investigating a crash that left a man dead in Grand Rapids.
The crash happened around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16 near the intersection of Kalamazoo Ave. SE and Dickinson St. SE.
Grand Rapids police officers responded to a call of a person lying on the road with significant injuries.
Witnesses told police the man was riding his bike when he was hit by a vehicle and dragged for several blocks before becoming disentangled from the vehicle.
“It was bad, very bad. Never seen nothing like that in my life,” a man who lives in the area told FOX 17. He asked not to be identified.
“He couldn't say nothing... he was bleeding from like the upper part of his body, from the head and neck area.”
After hearing some commotion outside his home on Kalamazoo, he rushed outside to help the man.
He says he and several other people in the area tried to assist the man, calling 911, and directing traffic around him.
The bicyclist was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Police say he later died on Monday, Oct. 17.
The neighbor who spoke to FOX 17 said he worries about bicyclists near his home frequently. Kalamazoo Ave is already a busy roadway, and with poor weather conditions, he feels it is another accident waiting to happen.
The driver of the vehicle was located and taken into custody. Police have not yet said what charges the driver will face now that the victim has died.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the GRPD traffic unit at (616) 456-3771.
