Full Notification

Sheriff Clint Roach advised that at 7:42 P.m on 2/21/25 his Office responded to a two vehicle crash at the intersection of Daily Rd and M 60 in Jefferson Township.  The investigation shows that Madison Burke, 24-year-old Osceola resident, was southbound on Daily Rd and did not yield the right of way to a westbound vehicle on M 60.  Among her passengers was a newborn child, who went by ambulance to Memorial Hospital in South Bend.  The child, who was properly restrained in a rear facing car seat, did not appear to have any injuries.

The other vehicle involved in the crash was full sized van driven by Timoteo Ruiz, 23-year-old South Bend resident.  Several of his passengers went by ambulance to Memorial Hospital for non-life-threatening injures.  The names of the injured passengers are as follows:  Miguel Jaraz (33-years-old from South Bend), Nidia Garcia (30-years-old from South Bend), and Sandra Vilcarreal (28-years-old from South Bend).

The Michigan State Police, Cassopolis Fire Department, and SMCAS assisted the Sheriff's Office at the crash scene.  The incident remains under investigation.