KENT COUNTY, Mich. — M-57 has reopened after a crash resulted in the deaths of two people near Greenville Friday afternoon.
Michigan State Police (MSP) tells us three vehicles were involved.
We're told an SUV decelerated to turn north on Harvard Avenue when it was rear-ended by a semitruck around 3 p.m.
"Impact was ... it appears to be a pretty substantial impact. You know, I don't know how fast anybody was going or anything like that at this time. But it was a pretty substantial impact. So that caused quite a bit of damage to the passenger car," MSP Sgt. Casey Trucks said.
The collision sent the SUV into the westbound lane and into an incoming ambulance, causing the latter to flip onto its side, according to MSP.
Authorities say the driver and passenger in the SUV were both killed, adding the occupants in the other two vehicles sustained minor injuries.
"You've got very limited stoppage on east-west, and you've got quite a few crossroads going north-south; it tends to make more chances for a collision to happen," Trucks told FOX 17. "People get going too quick, and somebody pulls out and they have to slow down rapidly. And like I said, if somebody's following too close or distracted, that can, you know, contribute to collisions."
The road remained closed until about 7:45 p.m., according to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).
