NB I-I96 IN
BERRIEN CO., MICHIGAN BACK OPEN AFTER CRASH.
A SEMI-TRUCK WAS HEADING NORTH WHEN HE WAS REAR-ENDED BY A DODGE
CAR. AFTER HITTING THE SEMI, THE DODGE
BOUNCED OFF OF THE SEMI AND HIT A 2015 CADILLAC. WEATHER PLAYED A ROLE IN THE ACCIDENT AND
ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR.
By 24 Hour News 8 web staff Published: January 9, 2015,
10:16 pm
HAGAR TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) – A portion of northbound
I-196 in Berrien County was shut down Friday due to a three-vehicle accident.
Police shut down I-196 near Coloma Road in Hagar
Township from 4:30 p.m. till almost 6 p.m. Friday.
A semi-truck driven by 34-year-old Tiwana Singh of
Ontario was heading north when he was rear-ended by a Dodge car driven by Esau
Whitfield, 18, of Benton Harbor, according to the Berrien County Sheriff’s
Office.
After hitting the semi, the Dodge bounced off of the
semi and hit a 2015 Cadillac driven by Donald Hutton, 51, of Naperville,
deputies said in a news release.
Whitfield and two passengers, 18-year-old Alonzo Parker
and 19-year-old Richard Mendez, who were in the vehicle at the time had to be
taken to the hospital for injuries, according to the release.
Police say the weather played a role in the accident and
alcohol was not a factor.
Authorities diverted traffic off I-196 onto Coloma Road
to M-63.