(New Buffalo Township, MI) - Alcohol is a suspected factor in a serious injury single vehicle collision outside New Buffalo over the weekend.

According to Berrien County Police, a 42-year old Valparaiso man was taken by ambulance to Franciscan Health in Michigan City then later transferred to Memorial Hospital in South Bend.

The man, driver of a pick-up truck eastbound on U.S. 12 near Forest Beach Road late Saturday night,  went off the highway to the right and struck a road sign, mail box and several trees. The truck then went into a ditch and came to rest in one of the eastbound lanes of the four-lane highway.

The driver was ejected from the vehicle.  So far, the name of the victim has not been disclosed. Per the authorities, it’s believed the driver had consumed alcohol but the crash remains under investigation.