KENTWOOD, Mich. - Emergency crews had a mess on their hands in Kentwood on Tuesday afternoon after a minivan slammed into a fire hydrant and flipped over.
It happened late in the afternoon near the intersection of 44th Street and Stauffer Avenue. Witnesses tell 13 ON YOUR SIDE the van hit another vehicle before slamming into a hydrant. We're told the driver managed to climb out on his own.
A paramedic, who happened to be nearby, checked the man's vitals before he was taken to the hospital. He is expected to be okay. Water covered part of the road until city workers could make it to the scene and turn it off.
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