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Man in Critical Condition After Riding Mower Struck by Truck in Polkton Township

By Mary Ellen Murphy May 27, 2025 | 4:47 PM

(Wright Township, MI) – A 41-year-old man is hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle in near Coopersville. Tuesday morning around 7:37 a.m. the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office Deputies, along with Wright Township and Coopersville Fire Departments responded to a personal injury crash involving a single motor vehicle versus a pedestrian operating a riding lawnmower on 48th Ave in Polkton Township.

A 53-year-old female was traveling northbound on 48th Ave in a chevy Silverado and was overtaking a mower that was traveling in the northbound lane. While passing the mower, the operator of the mower a 41-year-old male made a turn in front of the truck.

The 41-year-old male was air lifted by aero med to Grand Rapids and is in critical condition. The 53-year-old female was uninjured.

The traffic crash remains under investigation by the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Services.

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