Alcohol, excessive speed may have been factors in fatal Berrien County accident
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Posted: 5:18 PM Apr 6, 2008
Alcohol, excessive speed may have been factors in fatal Berrien County accident
The accident happened around 7:00 Saturday night at Bailey Road and Townhall Road, just north of Eau Claire.
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Police in Berrien County are investigating a single-car crash that left one man dead.

The accident happened around 7:00 Saturday night at Bailey Road and Townhall Road, just north of Eau Claire.

Police say the vehicle went off the road and hit several trees.

Forty-year-old Daniel Lloyd Blankenship was killed in the crash.

The cause of the accident is still under investigation.

At this time, police tell us Blankenship was not wearing a seatbelt, and that speed and alcohol may have played a role in the crash.



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