ZEELAND TWP., MI (92 7 WHTC, Nov. 6, 2026) – An Ottawa County Sheriff’s Deputy and his canine partner are expected to recover from a single-vehicle crash near the Zeeland city limits during the overnight hours of Friday.
According to Sheriff’s Detective Captain Jake Sparks, the unnamed deputy and his dog were in a cruiser heading westbound on Chicago Drive (M-121) around 4 AM. The vehicle had its emergency lights on and sirens activated, responding to a dispatch of a person “expressing homicidal ideations,” when it lost control and crashed near the T-intersection at Byron Road.
The deputy was taken to an “area hospital” with moderate injuries, while the canine was treated by a responding veterinarian.
No other vehicles were involved in this incident, and the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Sparks didn’t relay any information as to what happened with the person who was “expressing homicidal ideations.”
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