MONTCALM COUNTY — The Montcalm County Sheriff’s Office said Friday a 19-year-old Greenville woman was killed in a car crash Thursday night.
Deputies were sent to a crash that occurred on South Sheridan Road near Boyer Road in Fairplain Township around 10 p.m. Thursday.
The preliminary investigation revealed that a northbound 2008 Audi, traveling on South Sheridan Road, attempted to pass another northbound vehicle, deputies said. As the Audi, driven by a 25-year-old man from West Bloomfield, was overtaking the other vehicle, it collided head-on with a southbound 2016 Chrysler 200, being driven by a 21-year-old man from Ionia, deputies said.
The Greenville woman was a passenger in the 2008 Audi and was pronounced dead at the scene, deputies said.
The drivers of both vehicles were taken to Corwell Health Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids with non-life-threatening injuries.
The passenger of the 2016 Chrysler, a 15-year-old boy from Alma, was taken to Devos Children’s Hospital in Grand Rapids with non-life-threatening injuries, deputies said.
The Greenville woman was not wearing her seatbelt, deputies said. The other individuals were believed to be wearing theirs, officials said.
The impact of the crash caused the engine of the Chrysler to dislodge from the vehicle (see photo).
The crash remains under investigation.
Deputies were assisted at the scene by Montcalm Emergency Medical Services, Life EMS of Ionia, Montcalm County Road Commission, Montcalm Central Dispatch and the Sheridan Fire Department.