HOWARD TOWNSHIP — A Niles woman was arrested after a two-car accident in Howard Township Saturday, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Department.

Police were called to the scene at 9:22 p.m. after a 44-year-old Niles woman failed to yield to a southbound vehicle near the intersection of Barron Lake Road and White Street.

After the crash, the Niles woman left the scene in her pickup truck, and was followed by witnesses until deputies located her. She was arrested for operating under the influence of alcohol, leaving the scene of an injury accident and driving without a license. The woman’s name is being withheld pending her arraignment.

Paramedics transported the driver of the other vehicle, Tara Starrett, of Dowagiac, to Lakeland Hospital in Niles for non-life-threatening injuries.

The Howard Fire Department assisted the sheriff’s office with the crash scene. The incident remains under investigation.