GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The driver responsible for a crash in Grand Rapids that seriously injured a motorcyclist is believed to have been drunk or high, police say.
It happened around 1:40 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Leonard Street NW and Alpine Avenue. The Grand Rapids Police Department said a southbound car hit a motorcycle in the intersection. The motorcyclist was hospitalized in critical condition.
Investigators said speed and drugs or alcohol are believed to have been involved.
GRPD added that the driver had taken off from police after a domestic incident in Walker, though no officers were chasing the car when the crash happened.
The driver left the car after the crash but was later found and arrested.
A passenger stayed at the scene after the crash and was interviewed and then released.
The crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information about it was asked to call GRPD Officer Thompson at 616.456.3320 or Officer Kohl at 616.456.4513, or Silent Observer at 616.774.2345.