Melissa Hallack Death – A woman has died following a crash on Thursday morning in Mendon Township, as reported by the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were called to the scene around 8 a.m. on Silver Street, north of Pinhook Road. The accident involved two vehicles, with a 24-year-old man from Reading, Michigan, driving north on Silver Street and colliding head-on with another vehicle.
The driver of the second vehicle, identified as 45-year-old Melissa Hallack of Mendon, was pronounced dead at the scene. The 24-year-old driver was taken to a nearby hospital.
The sheriff’s office is investigating the crash and suspects alcohol was a contributing factor. The name of the 24-year-old driver is being withheld pending the investigation’s outcome.