OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — A mother and her two children were injured Monday morning in a car versus semi crash in Olive Township.
The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office responded to 96th Avenue at Polk Street around 10:20 a.m.
According to a release from the sheriff's office, a 65-year-old South Haven man was driving a double trailer gravel truck north on 96th Avenue. Both trailers were empty at the time of the crash.
A second vehicle, a 2006 Buick passenger car, driven by a 36-year-old Zeeland woman was going south on 96th Avenue. She had her two children, ages 2 and 4, in the vehicle as well.
The children's father said the 2-year-old suffered a broken collarbone and the 4-year-old was bruised in the crash. Their mother remains in the ICU with multiple broken bones.
The gravel truck was stuck behind stop and go traffic at the Tyson Foods plant and when he braked for traffic, his semi veered into oncoming southbound traffic. The Zeeland woman was unable to avoid the truck and hit both trailers head-on.
The driver of the gravel truck was uninjured. The Zeeland woman was pinned in her vehicle and needed to be extricated by first responsders. She was flown to Butterworth Hospital in critical condition. Her two children were taken to Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in serious condition.
96th Avenue was closed while authorities cleaned up the scene.
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