GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One person was killed and another seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash involving a wrong-way driver on northbound US-131.
Police say the crash happened around 3:15 a.m. Sunday. A 2014 Chrysler 200, driven by a 22-year-old Grand Rapids woman, was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes when the vehicle collided head-on with a 2019 VW Jetta. Police say both vehicles were then side-swiped by a tanker truck that was traveling northbound behind the Jetta.
The driver of the Jetta, a 21-year-old Grand Rapids woman, was transported to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The driver of the Chrysler was transported to a hospital in critical condition. The driver of the tanker truck was uninjured.
Northbound US-131 between 28th Street and Burton Street was closed for several hours for investigation and cleanup.
This incident remains under investigation.
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