Crash Cleared

Crash (property damage) at eastbound I-196 to eastbound M-6 & eastbound M-6, Jamestown Twp – Nov 7, 2026

Crash (property damage) reported at eastbound I-196 to eastbound M-6 & eastbound M-6 in Jamestown Twp.

Reported: Nov 7, 2026, 6:30 AM
Last updated: Nov 8, 2026, 1:00 AM
Status: Cleared at about 9:31 AM, 3 hr 1 min after the call came in

What happened

Jamestown Township fire and EMS were dispatched at 6:31 AM for an unknown crash involving a black truck and a guardrail on eastbound M-6 near the 1 mile marker.

What dispatch noted

Black truck vs. guardrail

Vehicle hit a guard rail

Above: written automatically from dispatch radio, so a detail may be misheard. Here: the dispatcher's own note, shorthand spelled out. Names and house numbers are removed from both.

Updates

6:31 AMCrash reported.
6:33 AMUnits en route.
6:33 AMUnknown crash call cancelled, police only, units returning.
6:34 AMUnits cancelled.
6:34 AMCall cancelled, disregard the reported crash.
6:38 AMUpdated to Crash (property damage).
9:34 AMCleared from the dispatch board.

About this call

Location: Eastbound I-196 to eastbound M-6 & eastbound M-6
Jamestown Township, Ottawa County, MI
More calls on I-196
More calls on M-6
Earlier here: 1 other crash reported at this intersection in the 30 days before this one:
Oct 11, 2026, crash (property damage)
From 616 Dispatch's own records; a crash reported by two sources is counted once.

Call type, responders and source

Call type: Crash (property damage)

What "crash (property damage)" means

A crash with damage to vehicles or property and no injuries reported. Police take a report and may direct traffic until the vehicles are moved. All call types
Local agencies: Fire and rescue: Jamestown Township Fire DepartmentPolice: Ottawa County Sheriff's OfficeWho covers Jamestown Twp, not a list of who was sent.
Source: Fire and EMS dispatch radio and Ottawa County Central Dispatch's live incident board and the Ottawa County Sheriff's public incident data (posted about a day later)