ORLEANS TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A woman died after a pickup truck hit the back of the motorcycle she was riding on in Ionia County.
Deputies say they got the call around 7:30 Sunday night on M-66 near Hall Road in Easton Township.
They say the driver of a Dodge Ram pickup truck hit two motorcycles from behind.
The motorcyclists were slowing down to turn onto a driveway.
The two men who were driving the motorcycles are from Saginaw and are expected to survive.
An Orleans Township woman riding on the back of one of the bikes was airlifted to a Lansing hospital and later passed away.
Everyone on the motorcycles had helmets on.
Deputies believe alcohol was a factor in the crash and they are still investigating.
