95.3 / 88.5 FM Grand Rapids and 95.3 FM Muskegon

Pontoon boat falls from trailer, woman passenger killed

A trailer while being towed along a western Michigan road. State police say Sunday that a woman from White Cloud was pronounced dead at the scene Saturday night in Newaygo County's Lincoln Township. A male from Fremont was airlifted to a hospital.

Police say the vehicle pulling the boat "came into a corner too fast, causing the pontoon to fall off the trailer." The driver was arrested for operating a vehicle under the influence causing death. The accident remains under investigation. Lincoln Township is north of Grand Rapids.

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