Three Rivers woman killed in fatal crash after striking tree in Nottawa Twp.

A 19-year-old Three Rivers woman was killed in fatal crash Tuesday evening after the vehicle she was driving struck a tree and caught fire in the 56000 block of Covered Bridge Road in Nottawa Township.

Karly Aezandrea Bingaman was the sole occupant of a vehicle traveling northbound on Covered Bridge Road when her vehicle went off the roadway and struck a tree. Bingaman was pronounced deceased at the scene.

According to the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Department, speed and alcohol were not factors in the crash, and the incident remains under investigation.

Alek Haak-Frost is the executive editor of Watershed Voice.