PORTAGE, MI : Kalamazoo Pedestrian from Kalamazoo critical after Portage crash on Monday, 8th April 2024

A pedestrian is critically hurt after being hit by a car in Portage Monday evening.

The crash happened near Wilham and Westnedge avenues before 6:15 p.m., according to the Portage Department of Public Safety (PDPS).

We’re told a 2016 Jeep Patriot driven by a 30-year-old from Kalamazoo headed south on Westnedge when a 29-year-old pedestrian, also from Kalamazoo, stepped off the sidewalk and into the Jeep’s path.

Public safety officials say the pedestrian was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of critical injuries.

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