US 12 reopens following crash between Niles and Edwardsburg

CASS COUNTY, Mich. -- US 12 in Cass County has reopened following a crash near Brush Road.

The crash, involving a PT Cruiser and pickup truck, happened around 1:45 p.m.

The occupants of the PT Cruiser were not injured.

The pickup truck struck a telephone pole and the power line blocked Brush Road.

“I was watching TV, and I heard a big bang. So I looked out the door and I saw this car sitting in the middle of the road. So then I drove down by it and there’s a pickup truck sitting in the ditch, it went over the hill, and it’s in bad shape," neighbor Paul Turrell said.

The road was shut down for nearly 3 hours due to the downed power line.