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Alcohol appears to be a factor in deadly Mason County crash

A 40-year-old Mason County died in the crash.
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A 40-year-old Mason County man died in a Saturday morning crash on US-31 north of Freeman Road in Free Soil Township. 

Police identified the victim as Christopher Patrick Kapala, 40, of Scottville. Kapala was a passenger in the vehicle. 

The Mason County Sheriff's Office said they were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash at 4:26 a.m. The preliminary investigation shows that a southbound vehicle on US-31 crossed the centerline, hitting the victim's northbound vehicle head-on. 

A Whitehall man was driving the southbound vehicle, and he was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. The Mason County man in the northbound vehicle died at the scene from his injuries. 

Alcohol appears to have been a factor, the sheriff's office said. The crash is still being investigated. 

The name of the second driver is being withheld pending toxicology results and a review of the case from the Mason County Prosecutor's Office. 

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