State Rep. Posthumus says he won t resign following drunk driving crash
Credit: Bryan Posthumus for State Representative
and last updated 2021-05-06 19:33:27-04
KENT COUNTY, Mich. â Freshman State Representative Bryan Posthumus told police he did not remember rolling his vehicle in a crash Friday night in Ada Township.
The 36-year-old admitted to driving drunk in a press release the next day.
Posthumus, a Republican representing East Grand Rapids along with the townships of Grand Rapids, Plainfield, Cannon, Courtland, Nelson, Oakfield, and Spencer, says his blood alcohol content level was .13%, well above the state s .08% legal limit.
FOX 17 filed a Freedom of Information Request for the report filed by the Kent County Sheriff s Office. The heavily redacted 7-page document reveal Posthumus was traveling on McCabe Avenue between 4 Mile and McCabe Court when he crashed around 6:15 p.m. The deputies noted the two-lane road is completely straight in that stretch, and the weath
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Two people were transported to a local hospital Wednesday after a three-vehicle collision blocked both eastbound lanes of Arlington at its intersection with Tipton. The intersection is on Ada s far east side.
Ada Police closed both eastbound lanes of Arlington, diverting traffic at Monte Vista, while rescue workers attended to the victims and cleaned up the late morning accident scene.
The drivers of two of the three vehicles involved were transported by Mercy EMS to Mercy Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Ada Fire Department, Ada Police Department, and Mercy EMS responded to the incident. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.