One Dead In Crash

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One person is dead following a two-vehicle crash in Van Buren County on Friday night. The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department tells us it happened just before 9 p.m. on M-51 near 89th Avenue in Decatur. Deputies arrived to find both vehicles with heavy damage. They learned a Jeep Wrangler driven by a 42-year-old woman from Battle Creek had been northbound on M-51 when it crossed the center line and collided head-on with a southbound Chrysler Pacifica driven by a 25-year-old woman from Elkhart, Indiana. The 25 year old driver of the Pacifica died of her injuries. A two-month-old boy and son of the 25-year-old driver was injured and taken to a hospital in critical condition. The driver of the Jeep was flown by helicopter to a hospital with multiple injuries. Police are investigating whether and speed were factors in the crash. The names have not yet been released.