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1 killed, 3 hospitalized in Belding Road crash

Police say a GMC truck traveling westbound crossed the center line and struck an Acura traveling eastbound. The truck flipped and caught fire.

KENT COUNTY, Mich. — One person was killed and three people were hospitalized after a crash on Belding Road in Cannon Township Tuesday afternoon.

Michigan State Police say a GMC truck traveling westbound crossed the center line and collided with an Acura MDX traveling eastbound. The truck overturned and caught fire. The passenger, a 30-year-old man from Belding, was able to escape the vehicle with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver, a 25-year-old Belding woman, was pinned inside the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, police say.

The driver of the Acura, a 66-year-old man from West Bloomfield, had his 1-year-old grandchild in the vehicle. Both sustained minor injuries and were transported to the hospital along with the passenger in the truck.

Police say alcohol and/or drugs may have been factors in the crash. The GMC truck had been reported as stolen from Ionia County on Monday.

Credit: 13 On Your Side

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