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SHERIFF RICHARD J. BEHNKE’S DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING A PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENT THAT OCCURIED ON BROWNSVILLE ST & HIGHFIELD RD, JEFFERSON TWP. DEPUTIES INDICATED THAT A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY COLLIN DUDEK, 24 YRS OLD OF LAWTON, TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY STEVEN CRAMER, 69 YRS OLD OF CASSOPOLIS. MR. DUDEK STATED THAT THE SUN WAS IN HIS EYES AND DID NOT SEE THE OTHER VEHICLE WHEN HE MADE HIS TURN. MR. CRAMER WAS TAKEN TO ELKHART GERNERAL FOR HIS INJURIES AND MR. DUDEK WAS TREATED AND RELEASED AT THE SCENE. LIFE CARE AMBULANCE, PENN FIRE, AND CASSOPOLIS FIRE WAS ALSO ON SCENE. THIS CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. SEAT BELTS WERE USED IN THIS CRASH. ALCOHOL DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR.