(PENN TOWNSHIP) – A Cassopolis man is dead from the injuries he sustained in a head on collision.

Cass County Sheriff Richard Behnke says his deputies were called out to investigate a two car head on collision on M-60, east of Gards Prairie Road in Penn Township, just after 6:30 AM Thursday.

The collision involved 67 year old Richard Affrieso and 19 year old Ahsan Hart, both of Cassopolis. Affrieso was pronounced dead at the scene. Hart was flown to South Bend Memorial Hospital for treatment of his injuries.

Neither Affrieso or Hart were wearing their seat belts, and the crash remains under investigation.

Assisting at the scene were the Michigan State Police, the Penn Township and Cassopolis Fire Departments and Pride Care Ambulance.