A wrong-way driver on the U.S.-131 expressway caused a triple fatality Sunday near Exit No. 57 in Martin Township.
Allegan County Sheriff’s deputies and officers from the Gun Lake Tribal Police Department were summoned to the scene.
An officer from Gun Lake Tribal Police Department traveling in the southbound lanes of travel was able to locate the vehicle near the Exit No. 59 and was attempting to catch up. The car then collided with a northbound passenger car near the 57 mile marker in Martin Township.
The female driver of the wrong way vehicle was pronounced dead on the scene. The male driver and front seat male passenger of the other passenger vehicle both were pronounced dead on scene and three other passengers in the vehicle suffered life threatening injuries.
The names of the parties involved are not being released until proper notifications can be made. This crash remains under investigation by the Allegan County Sheriff’s Office Accident Reconstruction Team. It is unknown at this time if alcohol was a factor.
US-131 was shut down for several hours but has since reopened.
The Allegan County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Gun Lake Tribal Police Department, Michigan State Police, Plainwell Department of Public Safety, Wayland City Police Department, Plainwell EMS, Wayland EMS, Martin Fire Department, Wayland Fire Department, Gun Plain Township Fire Department, Allegan County Medical Examiner’s Office, Allegan County Central Dispatch, and the Michigan Department of Transportation.
