GRATTAN TOWNSHIP, MI — A motorcyclist was killed early Wednesday morning after he was hit by a pickup truck.

Jacob Casy Cooper, 20, of Ada, was traveling southbound on Lincoln Lake Avenue NE when a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck was stopped northbound, waiting to turn into a driveway, according to the Kent County Sheriff's Department.

The driver of the pickup truck, 82-year-old David Lyle Hessler of Belding, turned into the path of the motorcyclist and collided with the bike.

Cooper died at the scene from his injuries. Authorities said he was wearing a helmet.

Hessler did not sustain any injuries in the crash.

The crash remains under investigation.

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