NEWS RELEASE:
Nature of Incident: Personal injury accident
Venue: E. Carson City Rd. and S. Sheridan Rd.,
Date and time: Friday, July 10, 2015 at approximately 1542 hours.
Montcalm County Sheriff Deputies are investigating a three car injury crash which occurred at the corner of M-57(Carson City Rd) and M-66(Sheridan Rd). ASHLEY NICHOLE NIELSEN a 35 year old Spring Lake resident was traveling west bound in a 2012 Volkswagon Jetta, on E. Carson City Rd. MARK STEVEN WILLIAMS, a 58 year old Leroy, MI resident and his passenger, ROCKY ALLEN LOCKHART, a 55 year old LEROY, MI resident were north bound on S. Sheridan Rd. Investigation of the accident revealed that WILLIAMS, ran a red light at the intersection driving a 2004 Ford F350 pulling a farm implement. His vehicle struck the Volkswagon, driven by NIELSEN.
The two vehicles slid into a 2007 Kenworth semi, owned by J & H Oil, parked facing south bound waiting to make a right hand turn onto W. Carson City Rd. NIELSEN was taken by Montcalm County EMS to Sheridan hospital for non-life threatening injuries. LOCKHART was taken by Aeromed to Butterworth hospital in Grand Rapids for his injuries.
