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BUCHANAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 54-year-old man has been arraigned on murder, drunken driving and other charges following a crash that killed four people in southwestern Michigan.
Dub Collins appeared Friday in a Berrien County courtroom on four counts of second-degree murder, multiple operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated charges and driving on a suspended license.
Collins is accused of driving past a stop sign and colliding with another vehicle. Killed in the Aug. 2 crash in Buchanan Township were 66-year-old Robert Klint, his 60-year-old, wife, Melissa, and their 22-year-old daughter, Landyn Klint. Also killed was 52-year-old Kent Williamson.
Collins and his 38-year-old wife, Heather, were injured in the crash.
An Oct. 1 preliminary hearing is scheduled.
ORIGINAL POST:
The Berrien County Prosecutor released the following information on charges against a man involved in a crash earlier this month that killed four people. Read the release in its entirety here:
Dub Alan Collins, 54, of Buchanan, Michigan, 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 it is alleged 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, north of the City of Buchanan. 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, Michigan; front seat passenger, Kent Williamson, 52, of
Ruckersville, Virginia; and back seat passengers, Melissa Klint, 60, and Landyn Klint, 22, both
of Sawyer, Michigan. 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, Heather, 38, also of Buchanan,
Michigan, and a passenger in the front seat, were injured and taken to a South Bend Hospital.
Evidence at the scene suggests 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.