KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – UPDATE – The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the people involved in a fatal car crash Friday.
Deputies were called to the scene at N. Sprinkle Rd near East H Ave around 10:35 p.m., where two vehicles had struck each other head on.
Further investigation discovered that the southbound vehicle had crossed the centerline for unknown reasons and hit a northbound vehicle.
The drivers of both vehicles were taken to an area hospital for treatment of serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
A passenger in the northbound vehicle, a 24-year-old Kalamazoo resident, was pronounced dead at the scene.
As of Monday, the deceased has been identified as Austin James Hankla.
The driver of the vehicle he was traveling in was identified as 21-year-old Shanae Autumn Moore.
The driver of the south bound vehicle was named as 30-year-old Ricardo Manuel Castillo-Ramirez of Kalamazoo.
The crash remains under investigation at this time.
— Jim McKinney contributed to this reporting. —
