Vehicle lands in Christiana Creek following crash

Photo courtesy: Cass County Sheriff\'s Office

CASS COUNTY, Mich. – One person was injured on Friday after the vehicle she was driving crashed and landed in a creek along Brownsville Street, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office reported.

At 3:53 p.m., deputies responded to a single-vehicle crash at Christiana Creek.

According to the investigation, the vehicle was traveling east on Brownsville Street when it veered off the road, hit a guardrail north of Christiana Creek, and flipped over several times before landing upright in the creek.

The driver, a Benton Harbor resident, was pulled out of the vehicle by emergency personnel and taken to the hospital for her injuries.

She was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.

Alcohol was not a factor in the crash, deputies said.