Nursing student dies in Kent City car accident

Anya Zentmeyer

A celebration of life service is planned Tuesday for Grand Valley State University student Kyle Nota, who died on the scene Friday after his vehicle crashed head-on into a tree around 1 a.m.

Nota, 22, was traveling on 17 Mile Road near Tyrone Avenue in Kent City when he swerved to miss a deer and his pickup truck went off the road, according to the Kent County Sheriff Department’s report. Police said Nota was not wearing a seatbelt.

A Casnovia native, Nota was a nursing major in the Kirkhof College of Nursing and worked as a nursing assistant for Spectrum Health Oncology.

Services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday, at Heritage Life Story Funeral Homes on 2120 Lake Michigan Dr. NW.

On Monday, friends can visit with Nota’s family from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.

Contributions in Nota’s memory to the Spectrum Health Foundation are welcomed and appreciated.

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