PORTAGE, Mich. — Two people are dead and another is in critical condition after a crash in Portage, authorities say.
Around 9 on Tuesday evening, officers with the Portage Department of Public Safety were called to the scene of a crash on Sprinkle Road near Milham Avenue.
According to Chief Nicholas Armold, a Hyundai Sonata was heading south on Sprinkle Road and attempted to turn left onto Milham Avenue when it was hit by a Dodge Charger driving north on Sprinkle Road.
A 21-year-old Kalamazoo man was thrown from the Charger and died at the scene, said Chief Armold. The other person in the northbound car was taken to a nearby hospital with critical injuries.
Chief Armold said the driver of the Sonata, a 60-year-old Kalamazoo woman, was also transported to the hospital and later passed away.
At this time, police are still determining the causes of the crash.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call Portage police at 329-4567 or Silent Observer at 343-2100.
