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16-year-old girl dies in Georgetown Township rollover crash

Georgetown Township crash
Posted at 2:22 PM, Aug 08, 2022
and last updated 2022-08-08 17:26:42-04

GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A 16-year-old Hudsonville girl has died after a rollover crash in Georgetown Township Monday afternoon.

The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office says the crash happened at around 2 p.m. east of 40th Avenue on Bauer Road.

We're told the teen driver was heading west when the car left the road and drove into a ditch.

The car then hit a drainage tunnel and went airborn before overturning a handful of times, deputies explain.

What caused the crash is being investigated.

The crash closed part of Bauer Road between 36th and 40th avenues for roughly two and a half hours, according to Ottawa County dispatchers.

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