CASS COUNTY, Mich. (WNDU) - A man is dead after a crash on Monday evening in Cass County.

It happened around 6 p.m. near the intersection of U.S. 12 and M-217 in Porter Township.

Police say 42-year-old James Hettmansperger of Vandalia was heading east on U.S. 12 when he lost control of his Jeep, crossed the center line and hit the back of a westbound pickup truck that was towing a trailer.

Hettmansperger died at the scene.

The driver of the pickup truck and trailer, a 44-year-old Elkhart man, did not have any reported injuries.

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