One person dead after vehicle, pedestrian crash in Benton Harbor
By: Maura Johnson
BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. – A pedestrian has died following a vehicle crash Monday afternoon, the Benton Charter Township Police Department reported.
At 11:25 a.m., officers were called to the area of Cinema Way and Orchard Crossing in Benton Harbor for reports of a personal injury crash.
At the scene, officers found the victim, a 73-year-old Benton Township resident, laying unconscious in the road.
After using all life-saving efforts, the person was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Upon investigating, police learned that the collision happened when the victim was trying to cross Orchard Crossing as a vehicle was turning onto Orchard Crossing.