NILES CHARTER TOWNSHIP, MI. (THECOUNT) — Darnell D. Johnson of Benton Harbor, Michigan, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Wednesday morning two-vehicle wrong-way crash in Niles Township.

Johnson, 28, was killed in a Wednesday morning wrong-way crash near Niles.

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According to reports, a 29 year-old woman operating an SUV was traveling the wrong-way for unknown reasons on the St Joseph Valley Pkwy in Niles around 3 a.m. Wednesday. The vehicle then came into head-on contact with Johnson’s vehicle.

The female driver, who was not identified, was transported to an area hospital with unknown non-life threatening injuries.

Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Niles Charter Township is a charter township of Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 14,164 at the 2010 census. On June 5, 2006, the township board voted unanimously to approve a resolution for Niles Township to become Niles Charter Township – Wikipedia.