Passenger dead following Wednesday night crash on Mayflower Road

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ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- The St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office announced the St. Joseph County Fatal Crash Team is investigating a two-vehicle crash which occurred around 10:16 p.m., Wednesday.

Police responded to a crash involving a pickup truck and SUV on Mayflower Road near Belleville Drive, in South Bend.

Authorities arrived to find the drivers of both vehicles and one passenger were severely injured.

The St. Joseph County FACT team was then activated.

The preliminary investigation determined the SUV, driven by a 48-year-old South Bend woman, had just exited the bypass traveling north on Mayflower Road.

Police say the pickup truck, driven by 63-year-old John K. Collings of South Bend, was traveling south on Mayflower Road before crossing into the northbound lanes near Belleville Drive.

The vehicles then collided head-on.

A passenger, identified as 58-year-old James L. Barnes of South Bend, was critically injured.

All three individuals were taken to the hospital.

Barnes has since died from injuries sustained in the crash.

The crash remains under investigation.

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