Victims In MI Double-Fatal Head-On Cass County M-51 Crash Identified

CASS COUNTY, Mich (THECOUNT) – David William Connor of Niles, MI., and Tracy Louise Seitenstich of Dowagiac, MI., were identified as the victims killed in a crash Sunday in Cass County.

Five others were injured in the violent head-on crash that occurred on M-51 in Cass County, Michigan.

According to police a PT Cruiser, driven by LeeAnn Romita Saenz, 34, was traveling southbound when she crossed the center line and hit an oncoming Chevy Impala driven by Phillip Joseph-John Steitenstich, 32. source

David William Connor, a passenger in the PT Cruiser, and Tracy Louise Seitenstich, a passenger in the Chevy Impala, were pronounced dead at the scene as a result of their injuries.

LeeAnn Saenz of Mishawaka, Scott Dean Cole, of Niles, Kennethia Mary Hoyle, of Ann Arbor, Benjamin Lee Meiser, of Dowagiac, and Phillip Seitenstich, of Dowagiac, all suffered major injuries and were transported to area hospitals.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.