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Motorist assist at eastbound I-196 Business & S State St, Zeeland – Oct 12, 2026

Motorist assist reported at eastbound I-196 Business & S State St in Zeeland. Lanes may be blocked.

Reported
Last updated
Status
Cleared at about 8:16 PM, 22 min after the call came in

What dispatch noted

White Ford Explorer broken down blocking

  • Disabled vehicle
  • Blocking the road

The dispatcher's own note, with dispatch shorthand spelled out. Names and street numbers are removed.

Updates

  1. Motorist assist reported.
  2. Cleared from the dispatch board.

About this call

Location
Eastbound I-196 Business & S State St
Zeeland & Zeeland Twp, Ottawa County, MI
Call type, responders and source
Call type
Motorist assist
What "motorist assist" means

An officer helping a driver whose vehicle is stopped: a breakdown, a flat tire, running out of gas, or a car stuck in a ditch or snow. It isn't a crash and usually nobody is hurt, but the vehicle may be partly blocking the road. All call types

Local agencies
Fire and rescue: Zeeland's city and township fire departmentsPolice: Zeeland Police Department in the city and the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office in the townshipWho covers Zeeland, not a list of who was sent.
Source
Ottawa County Central Dispatch's live incident board and the Ottawa County Sheriff's public incident data (posted about a day later)