CENTREVILLE, MI – A Bronson man has been ordered to serve 2-5 years following a court decision concerning a fatal crash last October in St. Joseph County.

Court reports indicate 41-year-old Ryan Krontz was sentenced after he entered a guilty plea to a charge of attempted driving with a suspended license causing death.

Krontz was given credit for 30 days already served in jail.

The crash on October 13th, 2021 on U.S. 12 (near Carls Road) took the life of 43-year-old Christopher Brent Van Doren of Sturgis.

Michigan State Police Troopers said a 2001 Ford F-150 driven by Krontz crossed the center line and struck a Jeep head-on that was being driven by Van Doren.

Van Doren was pronounced dead at the scene.