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Head-on crash kills man, sends another to the hospital


Pictured is the two vehicles involved in a fatal crash in Cass County, Wednesday. One man is dead after being involved in a head on collision in Cass County on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.{p}{/p}
Pictured is the two vehicles involved in a fatal crash in Cass County, Wednesday. One man is dead after being involved in a head on collision in Cass County on Wednesday, May 18, 2022.

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Two cars slammed into each other Thursday, trapping both drivers inside the wreckage.

The Cass County Sheriff's Department responded to the head-on crash at Dailey Rd. near Pokagon Highway just after 3 p.m.

Curtis Mengel, 28, and Robert Sass, 67, both had to be extricated from their vehicles and taken to the hospital, according to the sheriff's office.

Sass died at the hospital, deputies said. Mengel sustained serious injuries. Both men are from Indiana.

It is unknown if alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash, according to deputies.

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