BAINBRIDGE TOWNSHIP — A 69-year-old woman was killed Sunday in an accident involving a Pokagon Tribal Police Officer, according to the Berrien County Sheriff’s Department.

 

Police were dispatched to M-140 at Territorial Road in Bainbridge Township (east of Benton Harbor) at 3:27 p.m.

 

Pokagon Tribal police officers were southbound on M-140 responding to a priority call of a domestic violence incident in Silver Creek Township when the driver of a Lincoln passenger car failed to yield at the stop sign while traveling westbound on Territorial Road.

 

The driver of the Lincoln, a 69-year-old female, was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

The driver of the Pokagon Tribal police car was transported by Pride Care Ambulance to Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph. The passenger, a fellow officer, was transported from the scene by Memorial Med Flight to Memorial Hospital in South Bend.

 

Evidence at the scene indicates both Pokagon Tribal officers and the driver of the Lincoln were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash.

 

The crash remains under investigation.

Berrien County Sheriff’s Office deputies were assisted by the Pokagon Tribal Police Department, Michigan State Police, Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office, Covert Township Police, Watervliet City Police, Coloma Township Police, Berrien County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Crash Unit, Sister Lakes Fire Department, Keeler Township Fire Department, Pride Care Ambulance, Memorial Med Flight and the Berrien County Medical Examiner’s Office.