CASS COUNTY, MI – A 25-year-old Southwest Michigan man who crashed a truck into a tree escaped before it caught fire, according to police.
The driver was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash on Sunday, Sept. 25, Cass County sheriff’s deputies reported.
Police responded to a 1:27 a.m. report of an injury crash on Rudy Road, south of Gage Street, in Cass County’s Wayne Township.
Police said the Dowagiac man was driving a pickup truck south on Rudy Road when he lost control of his vehicle and ran off the road and into a tree. Police said the driver was able to exit the vehicle through the driver’s side window.
After the driver was out of the vehicle, it caught on fire. Officials with Wayne Township and Dowagiac fire departments extinguished the blaze.
The driver was evaluated at the scene and transported to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
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