701 Ball Avenue NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Media Line (616) 632-6236
Date: 8/19/2018
Complaint Number: 18-140822
Type of Incident: Fatal Crash
Reporting Officer: Deputy Dale DeKorte
Supervisor Approval: Sgt. Sal Vitale
On 8/19/18 at 2:33 pm the Kent County Sheriff's Office responded to a single vehicle fatal
crash on Alden Nash Avenue north of 36th Street in Lowell Township.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a 2014 Ford Edge driven by a 71 year old man from
Schoolcraft, Mi was traveling southbound on Alden Nash north of 36th Street when he fell
asleep at the wheel, ran off the roadway, and struck a tree on the passenger side. He was
transported to Butterworth Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The man's wife was a
front seat passenger and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Their 6 year old and 3 year old grand children were rear seat passengers and were transported
to Devos Childrens Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The accident remains under investigation.
OFFICIAL MEDIA RELEASE
KENT COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
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KENT COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT
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08/19/2018
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13 - Lowell
Fatal Vehicle Crash
Deputy Dale DeKorte
Sgt Sal Vitale
Alden Nash Ave/36th Street
Lowell Fire, Rockford Ambulance
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Ford
Edge
2014
Thomas Bural Phelps
71
Schoolcraft
MI
non life threatening
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Lu Ann Phelps
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Schoolcraft
MI
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Schoolcraft
MI
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701 Ball Avenue NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Media Line (616) 632-6236
Traffic Crash Supplement