BUCHANAN — A Buchanan man has been charged with murder two following the traffic crash that killed four people in Buchanan Aug. 2, according to the Berrien County Prosecutor’s Office.

Dub Alan Collins, 54, has been charged with:

• Four counts of second degree murder, a felony with a penalty of life or any term of years
• One count of operating while intoxicated causing death, a felony with a 15-year maximum
• One count of operating while intoxicated causing serious injury, a felony with a five-year maximum
• One count of operating while intoxicated third offense, a felony carrying a five-year maximum
• One count of second offense operating while suspended, a one-year misdemeanor
• One count of open alcohol container, a 93-day misdemeanor

The charges stem from a traffic crash that occurred at about noon on Friday, Aug. 2. Collins allegedly disregarded a stop sign at Miller Road and Main Street in Buchanan Township while traveling at a high rate of speed.

Collins’ 2007 Ford Fusion struck a 2000 Honda Accord traveling southbound on Main Street. The Accord’s passengers included driver Robert Klint, 66, of Sawyer; front seat passenger Kent Williamson, 52, of Ruckersville, Virginia; and backseat passengers Melissa Klint, 60 and Landyn Klint, 22, both of Sawyer. All four died at the scene.

Collins and his wife, also of Buchanan, and a passenger in the front seat were injured and taken to a South Bend hospital.

Police retrieved a blood sample from Collins pursuant to a search warrant. While results are unknown from the blood sample, evidence at the scene of the crash suggests Collins was intoxicated, according to the prosecutor’s office.

“It is alleged that Collins’ intoxication, excessive speed and disregard for a stop sign knowingly created a very high risk of death or great bodily harm knowing that death or such harm would be the likely result of his actions,” wrote prosecutor Michael Sepic in a released statement. “Knowingly creating such a high risk is one of the intent elements of murder in the second degree.”

Collins is in custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections and will be arraigned when he can be transported to Berrien County.