A 28-year-old Edwardsburg woman was killed on U.S. 12 when she lost control of her vehicle on the slippery road and hit a snow plow.

Ambrosia Starr Foreman was pronounced dead at Memorial Hospital in South Bend; her 3-year-old son, Camden Foreman, also of Edwardsburg, was severely injured.

Michigan State Police reported the crash at U.S. 12 at Leet Road in Milton Township, Cass County, at approximately 3:25 p.m. Monday.

An eastbound passenger vehicle, Foreman’s Mercury minivan, lost control on the slippery road surface and crossed the centerline of the roadway, impacting a Michigan Department of Transportation snow plow truck nearly head on.

The MDOT truck, driven by Stephen Axline, 36, of Niles, was westbound on U.S. 12, applying salt to the slippery road surface at the time of the crash. Both Foreman and her son were wearing appropriate restraint devices, with the 3-year-old in a car seat in the center, right seat of the vehicle.

Foreman suffered serious injuries during the crash; the 3-year-old was less severely injured.

Axline, who is assigned to the Niles MDOT garage, was uninjured.

Troopers were assisted at the scene by Edwardsburg/Ontwa Township Fire Department, Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Southwestern Michigan Community Ambulance Service (SMCAS) of Niles and the Michigan State Police 5th District Crash Reconstruction Unit from Paw Paw. Michigan State Police Niles Post urged drivers to remain vigilant while driving during winter temperatures near freezing and below. Snow melt may freeze to the roadway and become ice. During winter driving conditions, allow extra time to reach a destination, leave early, leave extra following distance between vehicles and reduce speed.