Niles residents involved in Cass County crashes

Published 8:57 pm Thursday, February 23, 2012

At 6:30 a.m. Thursday on Calvin Center near Jeffries Street in Penn Township, a southbound vehicle driven by John Bennett, 59, of Vandalia, lost control, left the road and overturned.

Bennett sustained minor injuries. His passenger, Patricia Jones, 51, of Niles, was also taken to Elkhart (Ind.) General Hospital for treatment.

Seatbelts were worn. Alcohol was not a factor.

Porter Township Ambulance and Penn Township Fire Department assisted sheriff’s deputies.

A Niles woman was airlifted to Kalamazoo following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of M-60 and Dailey Road in Jefferson Township, near Cassopolis, at 4:50 p.m. Wednesday.

Amanda O’Connor, 27, of Jones, was traveling south on Dailey when she disregarded the stop sign at M-60 and struck a vehicle traveling east on M-60.

The sheriff identified the driver of the second vehicle as Christine Gulifoyle, 32, of Niles.

O’Connor was transported to Memorial Hospital in South Bend.

Gulifoyle was flown to Borgess Medical Center in Kalamazoo for treatment.

Seatbelts were worn.

Edwardsburg Ambulance, Life Care Ambulance, Cassopolis Fire Department, Air Care and Michigan State Police assisted deputies at the scene of that accident, which remains under investigation.