At approximately 08:50 a.m. on June 19, deputies with the Newaygo County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the intersection of 48th Street and Croswell Avenue in Garfield Township for a reported four-vehicle accident. 

After a preliminary investigation at the scene, it was determined that a vehicle driven by a 26-year-old man from Pierson failed to stop for the stop sign while traveling northbound on Croswell Avenue. That vehicle struck a westbound vehicle driven by an 80-year-old man from Florida.

The initial collision resulted in power lines falling across the roadway, which led to a second crash involving an 81-year-old man from Fremont. He tried to avoid the downed lines and collided head-on with an eastbound vehicle, which was occupied by a husband and wife from Fremont.

All individuals involved in the crashes were transported to Corewell Health Gerber Memorial Hospital in Fremont for treatment. The crash remains under investigation by the Newaygo County Sheriff’s Office at this time.

The Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Newaygo County Central Dispatch, the Newaygo County Road Commission, Fremont Police Department, Jerry’s Towing, Consumers Energy, and DTE Energy.

_{Information courtesy of the Newaygo County Sheriff's Office.}