NEW BUFFALO, MI : 2 men die in crash just outside LP County on Saturday, November 19th 2016

Two 20-year-old Illinois men died Saturday when their car slid under a semi during a three-vehicle crash on I-94 near New Buffalo, the Ber­rien County Sheriff’s Department reported.
According to a Nov. 19 Berrien Country Sheriff's Department press release, the incident occurred at 9:54 a.m. EST near the west­bound 2.4 mile marker.
Deputy Jennifer Newman of the Sheriff’s Department New Buffalo Township detail reported that a Trans West semi from Quebec collided with a car driven by a Grand Rapids­ area woman. The car came to rest in the median while the semi came to rest on the right shoulder.
The car carrying the Il­linois men then struck the semi’s trailer and slid under the unit. The men, a driver and passenger, were pronounced dead at the scene, Newman reported.
No names or specific hometowns were released.
The driver of the first car and a passenger suffered minor injuries and were taken by Medic 1 to St. An­thony Hospital in Michigan City, Newman report­ed. The truck driver and a passenger were not hurt.
The crash investigation by the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department Ac­cident Team was still ongoing as of Sunday.
The department got help for the investigation and traffic control from the New Buffalo Township Fire De­partment and police from Chikaming Township and New Buffalo, and Pokagon Tribal Police.

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2 men die in crash just outside LP County

NEW BUFFALO, MI : 2 men die in crash just outside LP County on Saturday, November 19th 2016

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