Motorcyclist in critical condition after hitting deer, highway guardrail
Ionia County Sheriff s Office
and last updated 2021-05-27 08:40:30-04
IONIA, Mich. â A motorcyclist is in critical condition after a Wednesday night crash in Ionia County.
Deputies from the Ionia County Sheriffâs Office were dispatched shortly after 8 p.m. to W. Blue Water Highway near Hawley Highway, according to a news release Thursday.
When they arrived, they found that a 32-year-old Ionia man had hit a deer on his motorcycle before losing control and hitting a guardrail.
He wasnât wearing a helmet when the crash happened, according to deputies.
Ionia man in critical condition after motorcycle crash with deer
Sentinel Staff
BOSTON TWP. A 32-year-old Ionia man is in critical condition following a motorcycle crash with a deer late Wednesday, May 26.
The Ionia County Sheriff s Office responded at 8:07 p.m. to the scene on West Blue Water Highway near Hawley Highway.
The deputies preliminary investigation determined the man struck a deer on his motorcycle, lost control, and struck a guardrail. The motorcyclist was not wearing a helmet.
Life Ambulance, Saranac Fire Rescue, the Ionia Department of Public Services, the Michigan State Police, and Aeromed assisted at the scene.
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Ionia woman ejected from vehicle, seriously injured in crash
Sentinel Staff
IONIA A 25-year-old Ionia woman was transported Thursday to a Grand Rapids hospital with serious injuries after being ejected from her vehicle involved in a crash.
Deputies with the Ionia County Sheriff s Office and officers with the Ionia Department of Public Safety responded Thursday, May 6, to the scene at E. Main Street and Fourth Street.
The investigation determined the Ionia woman s vehicle crossed the centerline and crashed into a commercial vehicle. Witnesses told police the Ionia woman was ejected from her vehicle after it overturned.
The driver of the commercial vehicle was not injured.
Multiple agencies respond to house fire in Portland
Sentinel Staff
PORTLAND Multiple emergency and first responder crews responded to a house fire early Wednesday.
The Portland Area Fire Authority was dispatched to a large residential structure fire before 7 a.m. Wednesday, April 21, in the 400 block of West Grand River Avenue in Portland.
There were no injuries in the fire, but the home is a total loss, according to the PAFA.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Portland Ambulance, the Portland Police Department, the Portland Department of Public Works, Portland Electric, the Lyons-Muir Fire Department, the Berlin-Orange Fire Department, the Westphalia Township Fire Department, the Pewamo Fire Department, the Sunfield Fire Department, the Ionia Department of Public Safety, Ionia County Victim Advocates, American Red Cross, Ionia County Sheriff’s Office and Ionia County Central Dispatch assisted the PAFA at the scene.
Multiple agencies assist in Ionia ice rescue
By: FOX 17
and last updated 2021-03-04 16:23:28-05
IONIA, Mich. â Officers responded to reports of a woman who had fallen through ice in the Grand River this afternoon.
The Ionia Department of Public Safety says the 17-year-old was unable to provide her exact location, so a search was conducted until she was found near the Cleveland Street bridge.
They tell us a firefighter in an ice-rescue suit reached the victim and picked her up from the water. Public Safety says she was then warmed and taken to the Cleveland Street bridge where paramedics administered treatment and took her to Sparrow Ionia Hospital.