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1 killed, 1 seriously injured in crash on US-131

Police say a wrong-way driver crashed head-on into another vehicle. Both vehicles were then side-swiped by a tanker truck.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One person was killed and another seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash involving a wrong-way driver on northbound US-131.

Police say the crash happened around 3:15 a.m. Sunday. A 2014 Chrysler 200, driven by a 22-year-old Grand Rapids woman, was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes when the vehicle collided head-on with a 2019 VW Jetta. Police say both vehicles were then side-swiped by a tanker truck that was traveling northbound behind the Jetta.

The driver of the Jetta, a 21-year-old Grand Rapids woman, was transported to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The driver of the Chrysler was transported to a hospital in critical condition. The driver of the tanker truck was uninjured.

Northbound US-131 between 28th Street and Burton Street was closed for several hours for investigation and cleanup. 

This incident remains under investigation.

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