Montague man injured after crash with West Ottawa school bus

Mitchell Boatman, The Holland Sentinel
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OLIVE TWP. — A man from Montague was hospitalized after a crash involving a school bus in Olive Township on Thursday, Jan. 12.

Deputies from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a crash on U.S.-31 and Port Sheldon Street just after 9 a.m. Thursday. The crash involved a passenger car and a bus from West Ottawa Public Schools. There were no children on the bus at the time of the crash.

Investigation shows the bus was slowing for a red light while traveling southbound on U.S. 31. As it was stopping, a car driven by a 21-year-old Montague man struck the bus from behind. The impact wedged the car under the rear bumper of the bus, OCSO said.

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The driver of the car was transported by AMR Ambulance in stable condition for treatment of possible internal injuries. The bus driver was uninjured. One lane of southbound U.S.-31 was closed for about an hour for clean-up and investigation.

— Contact reporter Mitchell Boatman at mboatman@hollandsentinel.com. Follow him on Twitter @SentinelMitch.

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