Wrong-way crashes claim lives on US-131.

Pastor Dean Elliott, 63, was killed in a wrong-way crash on US-131 in Michigan on Sunday morning. Elliott was an evangelist who had worked with several local churches and spent most of his time in India, ministering to pastors there. The wrong-way driver, a 30-year-old Grand Rapids man, was hospitalized in critical condition, and alcohol was believed to have been involved. There have been nine wrong-way crashes in Kent County since January 2022, five of which were on US-131 near Grand Rapids. Michigan Department of Transportation has installed safety measures to prevent wrong-way drivers, including sensor-activated LED lights that flash to warn drivers they’re going the wrong way at certain ramps.