Justice · Portland Township crashPortland Township crash: Driver suffers life-threatening injuries, three hospitalizedWritten November 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:07A head on collision sent three people to hospitals, one with life threatening0:11injuries.0:11Deputies suspect alcohol contributed, and criminal charges could follow.0:15Investigators still have to determine what brought the vehicles into each other's0:18path.0:19Deputies responded around one thirty five ampers.0:23M.0:24Sunday, November first, on East Grand River Avenue near Dorian Drive.0:27The crash happened in Portland Township in Michigan's Ionia County.0:31The Ionia County Sheriff's Office is investigating.0:34Emergency personnel carried out extrication operations involving both vehicles.0:38The response brought together the Portland and Berlin Orange Fire Departments,0:41Portland Police, Life EMS, and Portland Ambulance Services, Aeromed and Reed and0:46Hops Toeing also assisted the Sheriff's Office.0:49The two thousand and seven GMC Sierra was heading west, and the two thousand and two0:52Saturn View was heading east.0:54Deputies describe an angled head on collision.0:56Their preliminary reconstruction hasn't determined which driver was responsible.1:00The Saturn's twenty-eight-year old male driver suffered life-threatening injuries.1:04The GMC's twenty-year-old male driver suffered serious injuries.1:07A twenty-year old woman riding in the GMC was also hurt.1:10Deputies didn't give a severity level for her injuries.1:13Aromed flew the Saturn driver to Corwell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand1:17Rapids.1:17The GMC driver went to University of Michigan Health, Sparrow in Lansing.1:21His passenger went to University of Michigan Health Sparrow Ionia Hospital.1:25Those injury descriptions come from the emergency response.1:28Authorities haven't released an update on the three patients' conditions.1:31East Grand River Avenue reopened at three forty five ampers.1:35M.1:35Closure estimates differ at about two hours and three hours.1:39The road had closed during the emergency response and investigation.1:42The sheriff's office suspects alcohol contributed, but hasn't identified whose1:45alcohol use it suspects.1:47Deputies are still investigating what caused the collision.1:50Any decision to seek criminal charges depends on the investigation's outcome.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
