MILTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A 19-year-old was killed in an early Sunday morning crash in Milton Township.
Around 1:15 a.m., deputies with the Cass County Sheriff’s Office were sent to US-12 near Fir Road for a crash.
Responding deputies learned that an eastbound vehicle, driven by 19-year-old Gage Strawderman of Edwardsburg, ran off the roadway and hit several large trees.
Strawderman died at the scene.
The sheriff’s office said he was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
It’s unknown if alcohol or drugs were a factor in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation.