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Jul 2010
Incident
Number: 5076-10
Incident Type: Personal Injury Crash
Date and Time: July 11, 2010 at 2327
Location: 20th Ave near 27th St. in Pine Grove Twp.
Vehicle: 2007 Kia Spectra5, orange in color, sustained heavy front end
damage.
Seat Belts:
The driver had his shoulder and lap belt on and the passenger
had only his lap belt on.
Alcohol: Alcohol was not a factor in this crash.
Driver 1: Joseph Stephens a 16 year old male from the Mattawan.
Passenger: James Stephens 15 year old male from the Gobles.
Injuries: The passenger has a laceration to the head from his head
striking the windshield. He was transported via ambulance to the hospital.
Hospital: Bronson Lakeview.
Citation: The driver was cited for driving to fast for conditions.
Information:
Sheriff Dale
Gribler reports that Deputies where dispatched to 20th Ave near 27th St.
for a vehicle that lost control and struck a tree.
Deputies arrived on
scene and attended to a 15 year old passenger who was suffering from a
laceration to the head from his head striking the windshield. Deputies
where advised by the driver that the two got lost on 20th Ave. and lost
control coming around a curve and slammed into a tree.
The passenger
advised Deputies that he only had on his lap belt and the shoulder belt
was put behind him.
Joseph and James are cousins, the parents of the
driver where also concerned because the air bags did not deploy during the
crash.
The passenger was transported by Coloma EMS to the hospital for a
head laceration. The driver refused all medical treatment.
Investigating
officer: Deputy Casey Davis
email
Supervisor Contact: On duty Sergeant 269-657-3101
Jun 2010
Incident No:
3905-10
Incident Type:
Fatal
automobile crash.
DATE & TIME:
June
5, 2010 at approx. 0216 am.
Alcohol:
It is
unknown, at this time, if alcohol was a factor.
Fatal:
The
driver, Galen Patrick McDevitt, DOB 10-20-89, was killed in the crash.
Passengers and Injuries:
#1 - Jordan Daniel
Field, male 19 year old from Bloomingdale, critical condition with a wide
range of injuries.
#2 - Angelica Hernandez, 16 year old from Paw Paw, was
treated and released.
Vehicle:
Black Jeep
Commander 4x4.
Information:
Sheriff
Dale R. Gribler reports that on 6/5/2010 at 0216 am, deputies were
dispatched to 8th Ave. & 30.5 St. in Pine Grove Twp. for a personal injury
accident. Deputies were advised that a car had crashed into the trees and
that there was people trapped inside the vehicle with injuries. Upon arrival
on scene, deputies found the vehicle on its side with three passenger's
trapped inside. The passengers had to be cut out of the vehicle by fire
personnel. The driver, Galen Patrick McDevitt, was killed in the crash. The two other passengers were
transported to Bronson hospital for serious injuries.
Investigating Deputies:
Dep.
Matthew Konkle, Dep. Adam Bielang, Sgt. Dennis Harvey, Dep. Kyle Romeo.
Assisting Agencies:
Pine Grove
Fire Department, Coloma EMS.
Contact Person:
On duty Sgt
or Lt. William Lux at
email
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Nov 2009
Incident #:
9180-09
Incident Type:
Car versus tree personal injury crash.
Date and Time:
November 26, 2009 at approximately 5:00 pm.
Location: 13000
block of 29th street located in Pine Grove Township.
Vehicle:
1998 Honda
Prelude passenger car.
Driver:
Taylor Congdon 16 year old female from Gobles.
Injuries:
Congdon complained of injuries to her head and body. She was transported
by ambulance to Allegan General Hospital for treatment.
Passengers:
#1: Daniel Pumford a 21 year old Gobles man.
Received injuries to his arm and chest area to which he was transported by
ambulance to Allegan General Hospital for treatment.
#2: Ian Dickerson a 22 year old Grand Rapid man complained of
injuries to his head and body to which he was transported by ambulance to
Allegan General Hospital for treatment.
Seat Belts:
Driver
and passengers were seat belted in.
Alcohol: Was not a
factor.
Information:
Sheriff Dale R. Gribler reports that Van Buren County Sheriff deputies, along
with additional emergency services personnel, were called to the 13000 block
of 29th street located in Pine Grove
Township for a reported
car-tree personal injury crash.
Emergency personnel on scene found all three occupants
injured, they were stabilized at the scene. All were transported to
Allegan General Hospital for treatment of their injuries sustained as a result
of this traffic crash.
Investigation into this crash found that 16 year old
Taylor Congdon from Gobles, was traveling westbound on 29th street, during this time the road curves and the driver was unable to keep her vehicle
on the roadway. Once the vehicle left the road it traveled into a heavily
wooded area striking a large tree head-on. The driver, Taylor Congdon, stated
to Sheriff deputies that due to the wet road surface she was unable to
maintain control and this is what caused this crash.
Taylor Congdon was cited for careless driving.
Investigating officer:
Sergeant David
Walker.
Assisting Agencies: Gobles/Pine Grove Fire Department and
Coloma EMS.
Supervisor contact: On Duty
Sergeant or Lt William Lux at 269-657-3101
email
Oct 2009
Incident #:
8190-09.
Incident Type:
Motor vehicle (car/tractor) personal injury crash.
Date and
Time:
October
21, 2009
at 7:15 p.m.
Location:
CR388 near 23 1/2 St. Pine Grove Township.
Vehicle
#1:
1996 Plymouth Breeze.
Driver #1:
Linda Price, 60 years old female from Gobles.
Injuries to #1:
Price
did not have any injuries and refused medical treatment.
Seat Belt:
Price was wearing her seatbelt.
Vehicle
#2:
An
Orange Zector, model 5211 farm tractor.
Driver #2:
Rockie
Keely, 62 man from Gobles
Injuries to #2:
Keely received
injuries to his head, neck and back. He was taken by ambulance to Allegan
Hospital, and then transferred to Bronson Methodist Hospital.
Alcohol Involvement:
There were no indications that alcohol was used by either driver.
Information:
Sheriff Dale R.
Gribler reports that Deputies, and additional emergency services personnel,
were dispatched to CR 388 near 23 1/2 street in Pine Grove Township for a
report of a car versus tractor personnel injury crash.
Upon arrival on scene, it was determined that both the
car and the tractor had been traveling west bound on CR388. The investigation
showed that the car struck the rear end of the tractor, which caused the
driver of the tractor to be ejected on to the roadway. Deputies noted that
Keely was laying in the roadway upon our arrival, injured, conscious, but very
disoriented and did not know what happened, or where he was. The collision
also caused the axle on the tractor to break off.
Keely was taken by ambulance from the scene to Allegan
hospital, where he was later transferred to Bronson Methodist Hospital for
medical treatment. The driver of the car, Linda Price, stated she did not see
the tractor traveling in front of her. The conditions at the time of the
crash were dark, but the tractor operating with lights on, as was it equipped
and had displayed a slow moving vehicle emblem.
The crash remains under investigation.
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Investigating Deputies:
Sergeant Walker,
Deputy Stolsonburg and Deputy Tarner.
Assisting
personnel: Coloma EMS,
and the Van Buren County Road Commission.
Supervisor
contact:
On Duty Sergeant or Lt William Lux
email at
269-657-3101.
Sep 2009
Aug 2009
Nature of Incident: Jet
Ski Accident Involving Injuries
Date and Time: Wednesday
August 5, 2009
at 1407 hrs.
Location: North
Lake, Pine Grove Township
Incident #:
5962-09
Watercraft Involved:
Two 1995 Kawasaki Jet Ski's
Jet Ski Operator #:
Name Withheld, 15 year old female from Nashville, TN
Jet Ski Operator #2 & Victim:
Name Withheld, 15 year old female from Nashville, TN
Information: Sheriff
Dale R. Gribler reports that Uniform Response and Marine Patrol
Deputies were dispatched by Van Buren County Central Dispatch to a
report of a jet ski accident on North Lake in Pine Grove Twp. Uniform
Response arrived on scene and the victim had already been taken to
Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo by a family member in a private
vehicle.
Through the subsequent investigation and interviews with
witnesses, it was determined that boat operator #1 was driving a jet
ski and turned in front of a pontoon boat. After making the turn,
operator #1 looked at the passengers on the pontoon boat not seeing
operator #2-victim on her jet ski. Operator #1 ran her jet ski up
over the top of operator #2 causing head injury and a laceration to
the chin of operator #2. Operator #1 reported no injuries. Jet ski's
were taken to shore by witnesses. Operator #1 was ticketed for
Careless Operation. Operator #2 was not ticketed. Owner of the Jet
ski's was also ticketed for allowing illegal operation and failing to
register within 15 days of ownership transfer. Alcohol was not a
factor in the accident.
The investigation has been turned over to the
Van Buren County Prosecutor's Office.
Investigating Deputies:
Deputies Gary Gruss & Rich Rennhack - VBCSO Uniform Response Division,
Marine Deputy Greg
Straka Jr. - VBCSO Marine Patrol Division
Supervisor Contact: On
duty Sgt or Marine Patrol Sgt. Chad Jahr at (269) 657-3101 Ext. 272, Lt. William Lux
at (269)
657-2006 Ext. 203 email.
Sgt. Chad Jahr
Marine Division
Van Buren County Sheriff's
Office
205 S.
Kalamazoo St.
Paw Paw,
MI 49079
(269)
657-3101
Fax:
(269) 657-7207
email
Incident Type: Personal Injury Crash.
Date and
Time:
August 2, 2009 at 02:30
Location:
31st Street, north of CR 388, Pine Grove Township.
Incident #:
5876-09
Driver:
24 year old male from
Gobles.
Injuries:
Unknown, Air lifted to Borgess.
Vehicle:
1996 Oldsmobile 4/door
Alcohol:
Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the accident
Information:
Sheriff Dale R. Gribler reports that deputies were dispatched to a personal
injury crash on 31st, north of county road 388 in Pine Grove Township.
Upon
arrival, it was found that the driver of the vehicle had to be extradited by
the Jaws of Life.
Deputies investigated the crash and found that the male
driver was traveling north on 31st Street at a high rate of speed. The driver
then drove straight through the curve and crashed.
The driver was extracted by the Jaws of Life. The driver was then transported
by Air Care to Bronson Methodist Hospital for treatment of his
injuries.
This report is being reviewed by the Prosecutor’s
Office.
Assisted Agencies: Pine Grove Fire Department, Air Care, and
Coloma EMS.
Investigating
Officers:
John Stolsonburg and Ben Downey 269-657-3101, ex 823.
Supervisor
Contact:
Wayne Polomcak 269-657-3101 ex 85.
Email
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