UPDATE:  The victim of the car crash that occurred Tuesday near Richland has been identified at 56 year old Thomas Kelly Barton of Hastings.

 

 

ORIGINAL STORY:  The identity of a 56-year old Hastings man, the victim of a single car crash in Richland Township today, is not being released, a Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office media release said.

 

The Kalamazoo County Consolidated Dispatch Authority dispatched sheriff’s deputies to the 10000 block of North 32nd Street in Richland Township at noon where they found the vehicle overturned onto its roof in the icy roadway.

 

The Hastings man, the lone occupant, was pronounced dead at the scene. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the crash, which is still under investigation. Richland Fire Department and Pride Ambulance assisted deputies at the scene of the crash.

 

Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s office or Silent Observer.