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UPDATE Police release names in fatal crash in Grattan Township

UPDATE: The Kent County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of those in a one-vehicle fatal traffic crash in Grattan Township on July 15. They are the driver of the vehicle, Mara Kay Moore, 46, from Clarksville; her passengers, Makayla Rochelle Cefalu, 19, from Lakeland Florida, who died in the crash; Rosa Lee Moore-Cox, 20, from Clarksville;  Haley Marie Tomlinson, 6, from Hastings; Hunter Lee Tomlinson, 8, from Hastings; and Dixie Lynn Tomlinson, eight months, from Clarksville.

Deputies report Moore, Moore-Cox and the three children suffered minor injuries and were transported to Spectrum Health Butterworth in Grand Rapids by Rockford Ambulance.

 

ORIGINAL STORY: The Kent County Sheriff’s Department will not release the names of those involved in a one-car crash July 15 where a 19-year-old Florida woman died until all families have been notified. Deputies responded to the scene at 6457 Gavin Lake Ave N.E. in Grattan Township at about 4:30 p.m. where a Chevrolet Blazer driven by a 46-year-old Clarksville woman crashed into a tree.

 

Officials said there were five other passengers in the vehicle; the woman from Florida, a 21-year-old woman and three children, ages one, seven and 11, all from Clarksville. The 21-year-old sustained non-life threatening injuries and all three children were treated for minor injuries and released from Spectrum Health Butterworth in Grand Rapids.

 

The crash is still under investigation. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor.

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