CASS COUNTY, Mich. (WNDU) – An Elkhart man has passed away after police say a stolen car crossed the state line and crashed into a tree early Sunday morning.
The Cass County Sheriff’s Office was notified around midnight that the Nappanee Police Department was chasing a stolen car from Elkhart County into Cass County. Nappanee police terminated their pursuit when they lost sight of it.
A short time later, a resident on Old 205 near Cassopolis Road in Mason Township told deputies that a vehicle had crashed into a tree. When deputies arrived, they found the passenger, identified as 49-year-old Adrian Smith of Elkhart, had died from his injuries.
Police say the driver ran away but was taken into custody a short time later by a Michigan State Police K-9 unit. They are not releasing his identity until he is arraigned in court.
The incident remains under investigation, but deputies do believe that drugs played a role in the crash. Meanwhile, Smith was reportedly not wearing his seat belt.
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1 dead, 1 in custody after stolen car crashes into tree in Cass County – WNDU
