Odessa Twp - On December 4, 2025, at approximately 4:40 PM, deputies from the Ionia County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vehicle versus train crash near the intersection of Huddle Road and Jordan Lake Street in Odessa Township.
A preliminary investigation indicates that a 1998 Honda Civic traveling northbound on Huddle Road was struck by an eastbound train. The vehicle’s sole occupant, a 20-yearold Lake Odessa man, was transported to Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital with lifethreatening injuries.
The incident remains under investigation.
The Ionia County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Lake Odessa Police Department, Lake Odessa Fire Department, Life EMS, Ionia County Central Dispatch, Corewell Health Aero Med Transport and Reed & Hoppes Towing.
