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UPDATE: Alto man identified as victim in Caledonia Township fatal crash

UPDATE: The Kent County Sheriff's Office has released the names of two invoved in a fatal traffic crash on Sept. 21.  Lucas Peter Yonker, 21, of Alto, died in the crash.  Arthur Lloyd Nash, 50, was the driver of a Kenworth dump truck owned by Snyder Asphalt that was conducting operations in the area..

 

ORIGINAL STORY: At about 11:45 a.m. Thursday Kent County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a traffic crash at the intersection 68th Street and Cherry Valley Avenue SE in Caledonia Township, according to the sheriff’s office.

 

Officials said their investigation showed that a pickup truck driven by a 21-year-old Kent County man turned westbound onto 68th Street from northbound Cherry Valley Avenue. An eastbound dump truck, operated by a 50-year-old Lansing resident, crossed the center line and struck the pick up truck shortly after it made the turn.

 

The driver of the pickup truck, the sole occupant, died at the scene. The dump truck driver was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor, officials said. The names of those involved in the crash were not released.

The crash remains under investigation.

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