Two injured in Cass County crash

CASS COUNTY, Ind. -- Today, July 9 at approximately 3:57 p.m., the Cass County Sheriff's Department responded to a call of a crash near the intersection of M-51 Highway and M-152 in Silver Creek Township.

It was discovered that 67-year-old Shawn Scott-Fitzgerald from Haslett Michigan, was traveling northbound on M-51, when he failed to yield the right of way to a South Bend Vehicle.

The driver of the second vehicle, 20-year-old Leann Lincoln from Niles Michigan, had two passengers in the vehicle with her at the time of the crash.

Scott-Fitgerald and Lincoln were transported to Borgess Lee Hospital in Dowagiac for non-life-threatening injuries.

All vehicle occupants were wearing their seatbelts and drugs and alcohol do not appear to be a factor in the crash.

This incident remains under investigation at this time.