Thick fog made travel treacherous Thursday morning, delaying or canceling the start of school around the area and causing crashes with several injuries.
Cass County Sheriff Joseph Underwood said fog not only hindered vision, but condensation on the pavement quickly turned icy, compounding the problem.
Two mishaps occurred on Calvin Center Road.
n At 6:30 a.m. 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.
n Another injury occurred on Calvin Center near Mt. Zion Street in Calvin Township about 5:30 a.m. when a southbound vehicle driven by Mary Lou Holliday, 60, of Cassopolis, lost control while passing Ebonie Strickland, 34, of Vandalia.
Holliday’s SUV struck Strickland’s car and also ran off the road and overturned.
Strickland sustained no injuries, but Holliday was transported to Elkhart General.
Seatbelts were worn. Alcohol was not a factor. Life Care Ambulance and Penn Township Fire Department assisted sheriff’s deputies.
n 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 South Bend, Ind., Memorial Hospital.
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.