{"id":2972,"date":"2025-04-28T22:57:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T22:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2025-04-28T06:42:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T06:42:25","slug":"rockford-woman-injured-in-rear-end-collision-in-mecosta-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/rockford-woman-injured-in-rear-end-collision-in-mecosta-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockford Woman Injured in Rear-End Collision in Mecosta County"},"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=\"55d04ff7-fecf-42da-b2f4-d0598ff4003f\" 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=\"68\" data-end=\"300\">Grand Rapids, Mich. &#8211; A Rockford woman was injured in a rear-end collision Sunday morning in Mecosta County. The crash occurred around 9:30 a.m. on 8 Mile Road near Old State Road, when a vehicle waiting to turn into a gas station was struck from behind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"302\" data-end=\"707\">Deputies from the Mecosta County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to the scene and determined that the incident involved two vehicles. The first vehicle, driven by a 47-year-old woman from Rockford, was waiting to make a turn when it was rear-ended by another vehicle. The second vehicle, driven by a 25-year-old man from Fruitport, failed to stop in time and collided with the back of the Rockford woman\u2019s car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"709\" data-end=\"944\">The woman, whose identity has not been released, was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. Also in the vehicle with her was a 47-year-old man from Rockford, who sustained minor injuries but did not require medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"946\" data-end=\"1088\">The driver of the second vehicle, a 25-year-old man from Fruitport, also sustained minor injuries but declined further treatment at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1090\" data-end=\"1270\">The Mecosta County Sheriff\u2019s Office is continuing its investigation into the cause of the crash. Authorities have not stated whether alcohol or speed were factors in the collision.<\/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>Grand Rapids, Mich. &#8211; A Rockford woman was injured in a rear-end collision Sunday morning in Mecosta County. The crash occurred around 9:30 a.m. on 8 Mile Road near Old State Road, when a vehicle waiting to turn into a gas station was struck from behind. Deputies from the Mecosta County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2972","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\/2972","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=2972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2980,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2972\/revisions\/2980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandrapidspost.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}