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MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – A 6-year-old child died in a crash Tuesday, Oct. 21, after being ejected from the vehicle, a sheriff’s sergeant said. The crash was reported at 3:39 p.m. on Holton Road near East Michillinda Road in Muskegon County’s Dalton Township. The child, whose name has not been released, was riding in a vehicle going south on Holton when it rear-ended another southbound vehicle. Both vehicles went into northbound lanes where the vehicle carrying the 6-year-old crashed into an oncoming vehicle. The child was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Police said alcohol is believed to be a factor. The crash remains under investigation, police said. Sheriff’s deputies were assisted by Dalton Township firefighters, state Department of Natural Resources officers, Trinity Health EMS and the county Road Commission.
