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This motorcycle hit a pedestrian near Wealthy Street and Visser Place SE in Grand Rapids, Sept. 30, 2012. (photo courtesy Trayvone Garrett via ReportIt)
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Biker dies 8 days after walker crash
Derek Hollis, 30, from Wyoming
Updated: Monday, 08 Oct 2012, 2:47 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 08 Oct 2012, 12:01 PM EDT
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - A man from Wyoming has died eight days after his motorcycle collided with a pedestrian near a Grand Rapids intersection.
Thirty-year-old Derek Hollis passed away Oct. 7, according to the Grand Rapids Police Department.
The pedestrian -- 23-year-old Sarah Alleman from New Hudson -- died a day after the Sept. 29 accident.
She was walking in the road near Wealthy Street and Visser Place SE around 7 p.m., witnesses told police.
Hollis was thrown from the motorcycle and not wearing a helmet, police said.
Both victims were taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Police believe alcohol and speed were factors in the crash for the motorcycle driver.
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