Full Notification

Cass County Sheriff Richard J. Behnke reports that on 07/09/2024 at approximately 3:57 P.m. his office was called to investigate a personal injury crash near the intersection of M - 51 Hwy and M-152, in Silver Creek  Township, Cass County Michigan.
Investigation shows that Shawn Scott-Fitzgerald,  67-years-old from Haslett, Michigan,  was traveling northbound on M-51 Hwy.  Haslett was making a left turn into a gas station and failed to yield the right of way to a south bound vehicle.  The driver of this second vehicle was 20-year-old Leann Lincoln of South Bend, Indiana. Lincoln had two passengers in her vehicle: Dalton Mattimore, 22 years-old Baroda, Michigan as well as Dakota Baxter, a 20 years-old from Niles, Michigan.  SMCAS Ambulance transported Scott-Fitzgerald and Lincoln to Borgess Lee Hospital in Dowagiac for non-life-threatening injuries.
The occupants of the vehicles were wearing their seatbelts and alcohol and/or drugs do not appear to be a factor in the crash.  The Pokagon Tribal Police and Sister Lakes Fire Department assisted the Sheriff's Office with this crash.
The incident remains under investigation.