Sunday, officers responded to an injury accident. When they arrived they found that a female driving a Chevy Sonic was struck from the rear by a Ford F-250 pickup truck pulling a camper trailer.

The female driver was found unconscious with no pulse. Rescue efforts were conducted however the victim was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Investigators learned from witnesses that the Sonic had stopped in the right lane for an unknown reason. The driver of the second vehicle, from Manitowoc, Wi, was travelling behind the witness vehicle and saw that vehicle swerve to avoid hitting the Sonic and could not swerve in time. They struck the Sonic from the rear causing both vehicles to become locked together and they slid off the roadway into the cable barriers.

The investigation is being conducted by the Berrien County sheriff’s Accident reconstruction unit. It is not know at this time why the female stopped in the travel lane of the interstate.  Names of all parties are being withheld until family can be notified but the victim is from the Chicago area.

It’s not known if drugs or alcohol were involved in the crash.