A man died Friday evening after being hit by a vehicle while trying to cross 17 Mile Road in Cedar Springs.
A man was killed on 17 Mile Road in Cedar Springs about 6 p.m. Friday evening, October 17, while crossing the street.
Police identified the man as Bruce Hickman, 53, of the City of Cedar Springs.
Chief Chad Potts said the man had just left a store and was trying to cross the road.
A witness at the scene told the Post that while he was waiting to pull out of the Family Fare driveway, he saw the victim on the south side of the road, near the mailbox at 4186 17 Mile (just east of the Cedar Christian Academy sign), enter the roadway heading north. The witness looked away to the west, and when he looked back east, he saw the man get hit by a westbound vehicle.
The vehicle skidded to a stop in front of Choice One Bank.
Chief Potts said that according to another witness, the victim looked west before he crossed the road, but not east.
First responders gave the man CPR, but he did not survive his injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Alcohol was not a factor on the part of the driver. A toxicology report on the victim is not yet available.
Cedar Springs Police, the Kent County Sheriff Department, Cedar Springs Fire and Rescue, and Rockford Ambulance all assisted at the scene.
The accident is still under investigation.
A memorial service for Mr. Hickman, reportedly a longtime resident of an adult foster care home here in Cedar Springs, is set for Thursday, October 23, at the Pentecostal Church of Kentwood, 2627 44th St. SE, Kentwood, from 6-8 p.m.
