The Allegan County Sheriff’s Office has provided more insight into the Nov. 2 crash that killed Grand Valley State University student Marcell Oliver and three others.
The driver responsible for the crash, 38-year-old Grand Rapids resident Erin Louise Jones, was driving southbound in the proper lanes until she exited at 129th Ave. Jones stopped at the bottom of the US-131 northbound on-ramp for an “abnormal length of time” before making a U-turn and traveling in the incorrect direction up the ramp. She travelled southbound in the northbound lanes for approximately four miles before the collision occurred.
“Alcohol is suspected to have been a contributing factor in this action (the U-turn), as well as the crash,” said Lieutenant Brandon Berens…