BUCHANAN TWP, Mich. -- On Saturday, April 5, at 1:15 a.m. emergency responders were dispatched to an area of Glendora Rd. near Garr Rd. for a crash. Deputies from Berrien County Sheriff's Office found a Jeep SUV lying on its passenger side. The driver of the vehicle was located in the rear portion of the vehicle. The driver was found unresponsive.

The driver of the vehicle was identified as 44-year-old Dennis Bogdanich of Bunker Hill, Indiana was taken to Memorial Hospital in South Bend. Bogdanich was treated for life threatening head and neck trauma.

Crash investigators indicated that the vehicle was traveling northbound fast on the wet road conditions and lost control striking a tree. Bogdanich was not wearing a seat belt. Speed and alcohol appear to be factors in the crash.