By TruckCrash News Desk · Published September 3, 2026
Fast Facts
Date & time: Thursday, September 3, 2026 — reported by late afternoon; exact crash time not released
Location: Gull Road between Colgrove Avenue and Elkerton Avenue, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County
Vehicles: Not yet released
Injuries: Not yet released
Road impact: Gull Road closed in both directions between Colgrove and Elkerton Avenues
Investigating agency: Closure reported by the Michigan Department of Transportation; investigating agency not yet named
What Happened
A crash closed Gull Road in both directions between Colgrove Avenue and Elkerton Avenue in Kalamazoo late Thursday afternoon, September 3, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. WWMT News Channel 3 first reported the closure shortly before 5:30 p.m.
As of Thursday evening, officials had not released details about how many vehicles were involved, what types of vehicles they were, or whether anyone was injured. The cause of the crash had not been disclosed, and WWMT described the situation as a developing story. The station’s report was updated just before 7 p.m. Thursday without additional details on injuries or vehicles.
A reopening time for the affected stretch of Gull Road had not been announced when this article was published. Drivers in the area Thursday evening were routed around the closure on nearby streets.
Reporting: WWMT News Channel 3, with information from the Michigan Department of Transportation.
The Investigation: What Happens Next
When a crash closes a city street in both directions, the closure itself usually signals that police needed time to document the scene — photographing vehicle positions, marking the roadway, and interviewing involved drivers and witnesses — before vehicles could be towed and the road swept. The investigating agency for this stretch of Gull Road has not yet been publicly identified, but crashes inside the city are typically handled by the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, while adjacent sections of the Gull Road corridor fall to township and county agencies.
More complete information — the number of vehicles, the direction each was traveling, and the condition of anyone involved — normally becomes available once the initial on-scene investigation wraps up and the responding agency releases its summary. TruckCrash News will update this article as officials release additional details.
The Legal Picture
What should drivers involved in a crash like this do first? Michigan law requires drivers involved in an injury or significant property-damage crash to remain at the scene and exchange information, and crashes meeting the reporting threshold generate an official UD-10 crash report. That report — available to involved parties afterward — becomes the baseline record of the incident.
How does Michigan no-fault insurance come into play? Regardless of who caused a crash, Michigan drivers generally look first to their own auto insurer for medical and wage-loss benefits under the state’s no-fault system. Our overview of Michigan no-fault insurance walks through how those benefits work and the deadlines that apply.
Does a road closure indicate a serious crash? Not necessarily. Roads can be closed in both directions for reasons ranging from debris and fluid cleanup to utility damage. Until officials release injury information, no conclusion should be drawn about the severity of this crash.
Nothing in this article assumes fault by any person involved. The information above is general in nature and is not legal advice about this crash.
This Stretch of Road
Gull Road is one of the busiest surface corridors on Kalamazoo’s northeast side, carrying commuter, hospital, and commercial traffic between downtown Kalamazoo and the Comstock and Richland areas. The section between Colgrove Avenue and Elkerton Avenue sits in a dense stretch of the corridor lined with residential streets and businesses, where cross-traffic, driveways, and pedestrian activity all share the road with steady through-traffic.
Because Gull Road functions as a primary artery rather than a neighborhood street, a both-directions closure at this point forces significant volumes of late-afternoon traffic onto smaller parallel routes. Crashes on this corridor have drawn attention repeatedly in recent years, and Thursday’s closure is a reminder of how quickly a single incident can tie up the entire northeast side during the evening commute.
If You Saw This Crash
Anyone who witnessed Thursday afternoon’s crash on Gull Road between Colgrove and Elkerton Avenues, or who has dashcam footage from the corridor in the period before the closure, may have information useful to investigators. Once the investigating agency is publicly identified, witnesses can contact that department directly; in the meantime, information can be provided to Kalamazoo-area law enforcement through non-emergency dispatch. Independent accounts are often the fastest way for investigators to confirm how a crash began.
Original reporting on this crash: WWMT News Channel 3.
About TruckCrash News: TruckCrash News covers traffic crashes across Michigan every day, reporting what police agencies and local newsrooms have made public so that families, witnesses, and communities can find accurate information in one place. This article is based solely on information released by official sources and news outlets as of publication; details may change as the investigation continues. Nothing here is legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship is created by reading it.