BERRIEN COUNTY (WKZO AM/FM) –A Hartford man has been killed trying to cross Old US-31 in Berrien Township Thursday morning. Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene to find a passerby performing CPR on an unresponsive man who had been hit by a vehicle.
The victim was taken to Lakeland Hospital in St. Joseph where he was pronounced dead. Police learned a vehicle driven by a 60-year-old Niles man had been northbound on Old US-31 and had just passed Deans Hill Road when the driver noticed something in the road.
He tried to swerve, but was unable to avoid hitting 52-year-old Lee Hauweghen of Hartford.
Police say Hauweghen was walking across the road when he was hit. The accident remains under investigation,
