CASS COUNTY, MI : 1 dead, 1 in custody after stolen car crashes into tree in Cass County on Sunday, 22nd October 2023

An Elkhart man has passed away after police say a stolen car crossed the state line and crashed into a tree early Sunday morning.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office was notified around midnight that the Nappanee Police Department was chasing a stolen car from Elkhart County into Cass County. Nappanee police terminated their pursuit when they lost sight of it.

A short time later, a resident on Old 205 near Cassopolis Road in Mason Township told deputies that a vehicle had crashed into a tree. When deputies arrived, they found the passenger, identified as 49-year-old Adrian Smith of Elkhart, had died from his injuries.

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