The incident happened shortly before 7 p.m. local time on the north side of the city. That’s near Markin Glen Park.
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No further details were immediately available from authorities.
Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo told NBC News it was treating two patients in critical condition. Getting told reporters there was little he could release on the victims, the suspect and possible charges.
Multiple people were killed when a auto ran into a group of bicyclists on the north side of Kalamazoo, police said.
Reports say eight or nine people were injured; it’s unclear how many people have died.
As calls about the erratic driving of the truck flowed into the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, the sheriff’s department and the Kalamazoo Township Police Department, officers from each agency dispatched officers to try to find the truck.
Markus Eberhard told WOOD-TV he had been fishing at the park and was leaving when someone yelled for him to watch out.
Markus Eberhard was leaving the park after fishing and said he almost was hit by the pickup. The truck went past my foot – nearly hit my foot, and I looked, and before I could tell the bikers to move, it was too late.
Prosecutor Getting said the first emergency responders arrived in about two minutes.
At least five bicyclists are dead after being struck by a vehicle in Michigan Tuesday. “We didn’t see anybody walk away”. “I pray for these families, I really do, because this is really tragic”.
The truck was disabled in the crash. Kruger said it sustained heavy front-end damage.
The driver of the pickup, described as a 50-year-old western MI man, fled from the wrecked vehicle, but police caught him a short time later. He was described only as a 50-year-old man from West Michigan Tuesday night.
The man was arrested and remained in police custody Tuesday night.
Multiple police and fire crews are at the scene, including Michigan State Police, to assist the victims and conduct an investigation.
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Getting said authorities in three jurisdictions were already looking for the blue pickup truck after people called to “express concern” about its driver in the half-hour before the crash.
