LaPorte County Police have released the name of the man killed in a single-vehicle crash on County Road 1000 North Tuesday afternoon. Brandon Michael Biolette, 18, of New Buffalo, Michigan, died of blunt force trauma, according to LaPorte County Coroner Bob Cutler.
Officers believe Biolette was driving a Kia east on 1000 North just past Beverly Lane, when the car left the right side of the road, hit a large tree, and burst into flames, before eventually coming to rest in a pasture.
