A 62-year-old woman was taken to the hospital Monday morning after her car crashed into the garage of an occupied home on Riley Street west of 136th Avenue in Holland Township, with her 9-year-old passenger escaping without visible injuries. The crash happened around 8 a.m., leaving the house with extensive structural damage and prompting a call for specialized rescue crews to stabilize what was left standing.
Passenger Walked Away, Residents Inside Were Unhurt
According to woodtv.com, the driver was brought to the hospital following the crash, while her 9-year-old passenger had no visible injuries and was able to get out of the car safely. People were home at the time of the crash, but they were not hurt, the station reported. MLive similarly reported that the driver, identified as a Holland Township woman, was injured when her vehicle slammed into the garage of the occupied home, and that she was transported by ambulance to a local hospital.
Per MLive, the passenger, a 9-year-old boy, exited the vehicle on his own and had no apparent injuries, according to police. The home's occupants were not injured in the crash, the outlet noted, even as the structure itself bore the brunt of the impact.
Technical Rescue Team Called to Stabilize Damaged House
The house sustained a large amount of damage, and the Ottawa County Technical Rescue team was called in to stabilize it, the same woodtv.com report states. MLive's account, citing deputies, described the home as having sustained significant damage, with the Holland Township Fire Department and AMR ambulance crews also assisting at the scene.
The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office said it was handling the investigation, according to woodtv.com, while MLive reported that Ottawa County Sheriff's deputies are investigating the crash. Neither outlet's report, drawing on the available accounts, lays out what led the vehicle to crash into the home.
Separate Crash Nearby Was Unrelated Incident
In a separate, unrelated incident described by woodtv.com, deputies tried to stop a gray Mercedes driving recklessly, but the driver did not stop for them before the vehicle crashed into a building at the intersection of Butternut Drive and Riley Street in Holland Township. That report noted the people inside the vehicle were all juveniles and had minor injuries, and the building involved was not occupied at the time.
