UPDATE, May 29: Police have identified the 47-year-old Wyoming man as Christian Nederveld and the 55-year-old Hudsonville man as Jeffrey Altena.
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YANKEE SPRINGS TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Barry County deputies say two men were thrown from their motorcycles during a crash on the evening of Sunday, May 27.
The men were heading south on Yankee Springs Road near White Pine Drive just after 8 p.m. when a tree limb fell on top of one of the motorcycles. The second rider hit that same limb. Both were thrown from their motorcycles.
The man from Hudsonville, a 55 year old, was pronounced dead on the scene. The Wyoming man, a 47 year old, died at the hospital.
Both men were wearing helmets when the crash happened.
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