The Ionia County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Friday, April 21 at about  4:30 p.m., a three-car crash occurred on eastbound I96 near the M66 exit ramp. Three subjects were injured and transported by Life EMS with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

The injured were the occupant in a Tahoe, a 78-year-old man out of Lansing and the two subjects in the Saab, a 68-year-old woman and 69-year-old man from Muskegon. All subjects are in stable condition, officials said.

There was a back-up of traffic due to an earlier crash. A witness stated that a Saab SUV traveling down the left lane did not appear to brake before colliding with a stopped Chevy Tahoe.  The Tahoe then careened into a Chevy Express van and stopped, blocking the expressway. The driver and passenger of the van were unharmed.

Several citizens stopped to help the injured parties. The collision stopped traffic for approximately 50 minutes. Assisting the sheriff’s office with the scene were Ionia County Central Dispatch, Berlin Orange Fire Department, LIFE EMS, and Reed and Hoppes.