Friday, January 9, 2015

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.



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.