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Buchanan man charged with 4 counts of 2nd degree murder after deadly crash

(Photo supplied/Michigan Department of Corrections)

A Buchanan man has been charged with four counts of 2nd degree murder after an alcohol-fueled crash four people earlier this month.

Dub Alan Collins, 54, of Buchanan has been charged with the following criminal offenses:

  • Four counts of Murder, 2d Degree, a felony, life or any term of years
  • 4 counts of Operating While Intoxicated Causing Death, a felony, 15 year maximums
  • 1 count of Operating While Intoxicated Causing Serious Injury, a felony, 5 year maximum
  • 1 count of OWI 3rd Offense, a felony, 5 year maximum
  • 1 count of Operating While Suspended, 2d Offense, 1 year misdemeanor
  • 1 count Open Alcohol Container, 93 day misdemeanor

At about noon on Friday, August 2, 2019 when prosecutors say Collins was driving a 2007 Ford Fusion on Miller Road westbound from Red Bud Trail at a high rate of speed and disregarded the stop sign at Miller Road and Main Street in Buchanan Township.

In a 2000 Honda Accord travelling southbound on Main Street with the right of way at Miller Road were driver, Robert Klint, 66 of Sawyer,  front seat passenger, Kent Williamson, 52, of Virginia; and back seat passengers, Melissa Klint, 60, and Landyn Klint, 22, both of Sawyer.

The Collins vehicle struck the Accord broadside on the driver’s side.

All occupants of the Accord died at the scene.

Collins and his wife, also of Buchanan, and a passenger in the front seat, were injured and taken to a South Bend Hospital.

Evidence at the scene suggested alcohol intoxication by Collins.

A blood sample was seized from Collins pursuant to a search warrant at the hospital. Those results are not yet known.

It is alleged Collins driver’s license was suspended at the time.

It is alleged that Collins’ intoxication, excessive speed, and disregard for a stop sign knowingly created a very high risk of death or great bodily harm knowing that death or such harm would be the likely result of his actions.  Knowingly creating such a high risk is one of the intent elements of Murder in the 2d Degree.

Collins is currently in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections and will be arraigned when he can be transported to Berrien County.

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1 comment

Thor August 20, 2019 at 9:34 pm

I think this is an example of a bureaucracy following the see something do what’s in the budget principle. How many gates need to be tripped before we see the deadly outcomes.

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