SPRING LAKE, Mich. — A man is suffering life-threatening injuries after he collided with the back of a flatbed semitruck in Spring Lake Township, the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office reports.
Police say a 27-year-old man from Coopersville was reversing an unloaded flatbed trailer into a driveway on State Road, west of 148th Street, around 7:07 p.m. The semi was blocking the eastbound lane of State Road.
A silver four-door sedan, driven by a 58-year-old man from Nunica, was headed eastbound when he collided with the semi.
The sedan's driver suffered serious injuries and was transported to Mercy Hospital in Muskegon via ambulance. The driver of the semi was uninjured.
Neither of the drivers were wearing a seat belt.
State Road was closed for several hours while first responders were on scene. As of 9:30 p.m., the road is still blocked off.
The crash remains under investigation by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office Traffic Services Unit.
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