One injured in Cass County crash

Published 10:37 am Monday, March 18, 2019

NEWBURG TOWNSHIP — A Grand Rapids woman was injured in a Cass County crash Saturday, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff Richard J. Behnke reported that his office investigated a single vehicle crash on M-40 just north of Shavehead Lake Road in Newberg Township. This crash occurred at 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

Emergency personnel arrived on scene and found that a southbound car had crashed on the east side of the road into a farm field after side swiping a telephone pole. The driver of the vehicle was Kaitlyn Myriah Bailey, 23, of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Bailey was transported to Kalamazoo for injuries sustained in the crash.

Bailey was wearing a seatbelt at time of incident, and alcohol and drugs appear to have been a factor in the crash, according to deputies.

The crash remains under investigation at this time.

The Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Newberg Fire/Ambulance and Life Care Ambulance.