Grand Haven, MI : 65-year-old woman hurt in crash with garbage truck on Friday morning, April 7, 2017

A 65-year-old Grand Haven woman was injured Friday morning when her pickup truck rear-ended a garbage truck that was stopped on the side of the road.

An ambulance transported Deborah Spicer to North Ottawa Community Hospital for evaluation following the crash. Officials said her injuries were not life-threatening.

Emergency crews responded to the crash on Comstock Street west of 160th Avenue at about 7:50 a.m.

Ottawa County Sheriff’s officials said Spicer was traveling east on Comstock when the right front of her Chevrolet S10 struck the left rear of the Allied Waste garbage truck. Spicer told police that she was blinded by the sun and was attempting to pull down her visor when she hit the truck.

The driver of the truck — Christopher O’Kelly, 29, of Muskegon — was not injured. He had just finished a pickup and was starting to continue east at the time of the crash, said Sgt. Christie Wendt of the Sheriff’s Department.

Both drivers were wearing their seat belts, Wendt said.

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Grand Haven woman hurt in crash with garbage truck