Allegan County Man Killed In South Haven-Area Crash

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One man is dead following a two-vehicle crash in Allegan County Thursday night. The Allegan County Sheriff’s Department tells us it happened at the intersection of 109th Avenue and 66th Street around 9:35 p.m. Arriving deputies found two damaged vehicles, one of which was a truck that had rolled over in a field. The driver was pinned in the truck and pronounced dead at the scene. He has been identified as 63-year-old Paul Hapke, Jr. of the Pullman area. The other driver, a 20-year-old South Haven woman, told deputies she was southbound on 66th Street when she was unable to stop for the stop sign at 109th Avenue. She then struck the pickup truck, which had been eastbound on 109th Avenue. The crash remains under investigation by the Allegan County Sheriff’s Department.