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Two people were injured in a crash in Cass County when the driver fell asleep. Kyle Hopkins was driving west on U.S. 12 east of Birch Road in Porter Township, west of White Pigeon, around 11:13 p.m. Sunday. When he dozed off, the vehicle crossed the center line, went off the road and overturned, according to a news release from the Cass County Sheriff’s Department. Hopkins, 17, from Sturgis, and his passenger, 21-year-old Frank Tenny-Button of Sturgis, were transported to a hospital.
A Middle Tennessee man is facing charges after a crash in Florida killed another man from Tennessee. A car collided with a scooter Sunday night in Panama City Beach. The man on the scooter, 22-year-old Brandon Beverly, of Knoxville, was killed. The driver of the car, 18-year-old Bruce George, of Nolensville, was arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter. Police aren't saying whether the two knew each other, but additional charges against George are pending.
Two Vancouver teens were injured Monday afternoon in a crash along state Highway 500 in east Clark County. Manika Southavilay, 18, was driving a Toyota Avalon south on Northeast 160th Avenue in the Heritage Neighborhood. She turned left, to head east on state Highway 500, in front of a westbound Kia Amanti driven by Aurora Sackos, 17. The two cars collided, temporarily blocking the roadway. One of the drivers was found trapped inside her vehicle. Southavilay and Sackos were both transported to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center.
A 17-year-old was injured when he crashed his pickup truck Sunday. Police say he had looked down to read a text message. It happened around 10:10 a.m. Sunday on Adolph Road north of Sid Road in Union Township, near Union City. Authorities say Jason Hartley’s S-10 pickup truck crashed head-on into a tree about 200 feet from the road. Hartley, 17, of Burlington was taken to the Branch County Community Health Center for treatment of his injuries. His condition Sunday night was not known.