Rollovers, accidents in southwest Mich.

DOWAGIAC, Mich. (WOOD) - Snowy roads were responsible for several accidents in southwest Michigan on Saturday.

Branch County Sheriff's deputies responded to two rollover accidents with injuries within about an hour of one another.

At about 2:30 p.m., an 18-year-old Montgomery woman lost control of her vehicle in California Township, just north of the Michigan-Indiana state line. The vehicle left Fremont Road, struck a tree stump and flipped end-over-end.

None of the passengers were wearing seatbelts and were thrown about the vehicle during the accident.

One of the passengers, 18-year-old Joshua David of Edon, Ohio, was pinned in the back seat of the vehicle. The Jaws of Life were used to free him. He was then airlifted to a hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Passenger Kari Good, 17, of Fremont, Ind, was taken to a Coldwater hospital via ambulance. The driver. 18-year-old Makala Longarder of Montgomery, Mich, only sustained minor injuries.

Alcohol is not believed to be a factor and the accident remains under investigation.

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Another rollover occurred on Fremont Road in Algansee Township at about 3:15 p.m., shortly after the California Township accident.

Danielle Wachowicz, 16, of Coldwater, told deputies that she was headed north on Fremont road when she lost control of the vehicle, hitting a drift and rolling over into a ditch. She suffered minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital. She was wearing her seatbelt.

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The St. Joseph County and Cass County sheriff's departments also responded to several accidents on Saturday.

At about 11:15 a.m., a vehicle rolled over near Barron Lake Road and Korn Street in Howard Township in Cass County. Duane Bailey Jr., 46, of Dowagiac said he lost control of his vehicle on the ice. It left the road, rolled over and hit a tree.

Bailey was not injured. Passenger Patricia Bailey, 45, suffered minor injuries.

Both were wearing their seatbelts and alcohol is not considered to be a factor.

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At about 1 p.m., driver Fred Hutson, 78, of Decatur, Mich. lost control of his vehicle on Decatur Road north of Allegheny Street in Penn Township. The vehicle left the road and hit a phone box. He complained of pain and was taken to a Dowagiac hospital. Alcohol was not a factor and Hutson was wearing his seatbelt, but speed is thought to be a factor.

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At about 3 p.m., two vehicles driven by Dowagiac residents collided on M-51 south of Pokagon Street in Pokagon Township.

Patrick Gasca, 27, was headed south on M-51 when his vehicle crossed the center line and hit a northbound vehicle driven by 46-year-old Helena Gasca. Helen was injured at taken to a Dowagiac hospital.

Both were wearing their seatbelts and alcohol is not thought to be a factor, but speed was considered a factor.

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At about 3:40 p.m., a vehicle driven by 20-year-old Sarah McCuddy of Dowagiac was traveling west on Dutch Settlement Road in La Grange Township when she lost control. The vehicle ran off the road, crashing through a fence and hitting a tree.

Passenger Monica Austin, 19, of Niles, was not wearing a seatbelt and was later taken to Borgess Hospital in Dowagiac for treatment.

Alcohol is not believed to have been a factor.