WEE SAW TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police in Berrien County are investigating a fatal crash in which a Jeep station wagon went off the road and slammed into a tree.
The single-vehicle accident happened around 5:07 p.m. Wednesday, at Elm Valley Road and Boyle Lake Road in Wee Saw Township.
The Berrien County Sheriff’s Office says the driver has been identified as 84-year-old Jack Lee Phillippi of Galien, Michigan. No one else was in the vehicle.
Police say Phillippi was wearing a seatbelt. They’re investigating what caused the crash, and say weather does not appear to have been a factor.
Buchanan Police and Michigan State Police responded to the accident, and the Berrien County Crash Reconstruction Team also was called to the scene. The county Chaplains Corp and Victims Services Unit were summoned, as well.
