{"id":2881,"date":"2025-04-16T11:50:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T11:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/?p=2881"},"modified":"2025-04-16T06:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:22:23","slug":"multi-vehicle-crash-involving-rapid-bus-causes-traffic-disruption-in-gaines-township","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/multi-vehicle-crash-involving-rapid-bus-causes-traffic-disruption-in-gaines-township\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Vehicle Crash Involving Rapid Bus Causes Traffic Disruption in Gaines Township"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-4\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"7656ed1d-1a89-43c9-8970-6c88cce79bc1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"90\" data-end=\"400\">GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. \u2014 A chain-reaction crash involving seven vehicles and a Rapid bus took place on Kalamazoo Avenue just north of M-6 Tuesday afternoon, authorities confirmed. The accident, which occurred around 3:00 p.m., was triggered when the Rapid bus rear-ended a car, causing a cascade of collisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"402\" data-end=\"763\">According to the Kent County Sheriff\u2019s Office, the momentum from the initial collision led to a pile-up that involved a total of seven vehicles. While the incident resulted in significant damage to the vehicles involved, authorities reported that only one person sustained minor injuries. This individual was treated at the scene by emergency medical personnel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"1097\">A crew from News 8 arrived on the scene and observed a Rapid bus, along with multiple vehicles, including a fire truck and police vehicles, as emergency responders worked to clear the area. The crash caused significant traffic delays, with Kalamazoo Avenue being temporarily blocked off while deputies conducted their investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1099\" data-end=\"1250\">At this time, authorities have not confirmed the exact cause of the crash, but the Kent County Sheriff\u2019s Office is actively investigating the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1252\" data-end=\"1427\">Motorists are advised to avoid the area as the investigation continues, and additional details are expected to be released once the sheriff\u2019s office concludes its examination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex justify-start\">\n<div class=\"touch:-me-2 touch:-ms-3.5 -ms-2.5 -me-1 flex items-center p-1 select-none -mt-1 duration-[1.5s] focus-within:transition-none hover:transition-none pointer-events-none [mask-image:linear-gradient(to_right,black_33%,transparent_66%)] [mask-position:100%_0%] [mask-size:300%_100%] motion-safe:transition-[mask-position] group-hover\/turn-messages:pointer-events-auto group-hover\/turn-messages:[mask-position:0_0] group-focus-within\/turn-messages:pointer-events-auto group-focus-within\/turn-messages:[mask-position:0_0] has-data-[state=open]:pointer-events-auto has-data-[state=open]:[mask-position:0_0]\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"absolute\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GAINES TOWNSHIP, Mich. \u2014 A chain-reaction crash involving seven vehicles and a Rapid bus took place on Kalamazoo Avenue just north of M-6 Tuesday afternoon, authorities confirmed. The accident, which occurred around 3:00 p.m., was triggered when the Rapid bus rear-ended a car, causing a cascade of collisions. According to the Kent County Sheriff\u2019s Office, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2892,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2881\/revisions\/2892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}