ALGOMA TOWNSHIP, MI : Driver runs stop sign, dies in Kent Co. crash on Thursday, 1st February 2024

A driver died after running a stop sign and crashing into a pickup truck, according to the Kent County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies responded to Indian Lakes Road and Pine Island Drive NE around 5 p.m. Thursday.

They say a 21-year-old Gowen man was heading east on Indiana Lakes when he ran the stop sign at Pine Island Dr. and crashed into a southbound pickup truck.

First responders tried to save the man’s life, but he died at the scene.

The driver of the pickup, a man from Belmont, was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries.


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