The crash scene looking northbound on Broadmoor Avenue SE, at the 44th Street SE intersection. (Leigh Ann Towne photo)
KENTWOOD—
Five people were hurt -- one of them critically -- when two cars collided at an intersection in Kentwood early Saturday morning.At 3:30 a.m. Saturday, the Kentwood Police Department responded to a crash at the junction of 44th Street SE and Boadmoor Avenue SE in Grand Rapids.
Upon arriving at the scene, officers found a two-car accident with multiple people injured.
The Kentwood Police Department told FOX 17 NEWS that a Chevrolet Impala was northbound on Broadmoor and proceeded through the blinking yellow light when a Ford Explorer that was eastbound on 44th failed to stop for the blinking red light and struck the Impala.
A 30-year-old man who was a passenger in the Impala was transported to Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids where he was listed in critical condition later Saturday.
The Impala's driver and three passengers in the Explorer also were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Explorer's driver was not hurt.
Police said alcohol was not believed to be a factor in the crash.
The intersection was closed to traffic for four hours afterward but has since reopened.
