Coopersville teen airlifted after crash, two-hour extrication effort

The Holland Sentinel
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WRIGHT TWP. — An 18-year-old from Coopersville was airlifted to the hospital after being trapped in her vehicle for two hours following a crash Friday, Sept. 30.

Deputies from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash involving a Chevrolet Silverado and John Deere farm combine on Eighth Avenue, near Garfield Street, in Wright Township just after 1 p.m.

Upon arrival, responders found the driver of the Silverado, an 18-year-old woman from Coopersville, trapped inside the truck, which was overturned in a ditch along Eighth Avenue.

An 18-year-old from Coopersville was airlifted to the hospital after being trapped in her vehicle for two hours following a crash Friday afternoon.
An 18-year-old from Coopersville was airlifted to the hospital after being trapped in her vehicle for two hours following a crash Friday afternoon.

Several units responded for a “complex extrication.” The efforts to free the driver took two hours, after which West Michigan Air Car transported the driver to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital. OCSO reports the driver suffered injuries to her lower extremities and abdomen.

Preliminary investigation showed the driver of the Silverado was traveling south on Eighth Avenue when she drifted over the centerline, colliding with the farm combine traveling on the northbound shoulder.

The impact forced the truck into the ditch alongside the road, where it came to a rest upside down. A front wheel was knocked off of the combine.

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Wright Township Rescue, Alpine Township Heavy Rescue, Walker City Rescue and Allendale Township Fire and Rescue assisted in the extrication. Life EMS and West Michigan Air Care responded for patient care.

The crash remains under investigation.

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