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Teen Killed In Side-By-Side Crash

By Mary Ellen Murphy Aug 25, 2026 | 6:39 AM

(Oceana County, MI) — A teen is dead following a side-by-side crash in Oceana County.

Forest Hills Eastern High School senior Luke Kooistra was killed early Sunday morning in an off-road vehicle crash and former classmate Bryce Peterson is charged. Peterson is 18 and was charged yesterday with operating while intoxicated causing death, which is a 15-year felony if he’s convicted. The two were among six total people on the side-by-side ORV when it crashed just after 12:30 a.m. on North 28th Avenue in Golden Township.

Kooistra was 17 and was the son of Dr. Josh Kooistra, the president of Corewell Health West Michigan.

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