The Cass County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatal crash that occurred on Saturday in Volinia Township. It says deputies were called to the scene on Church Street east of Lawrence Road around 6:20 a.m. They learned an eastbound vehicle lost control on Church Street and flipped into a tree. The driver has been identified as 21-year-old Austin Price of Dowagiac. His passengers were 22-year-old Nicholas Carey of Dowagiac and 21-year-old Michael Mortimore of Dowagiac. Mortimore was pronounced dead at the scene, while Price was airlifted to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo and Carey was taken by ambulance to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo. All three were trapped in the vehicle when police arrived at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.
