NILES – A Buchanan man has been arraigned on charges connected to the Aug. 2 crash north of Buchanan that killed four people.

Dub Alan Collins, 54, of Buchanan, was arraigned Friday before Berrien County Trial Judge Charles LaSata in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles. He is charged with 12 counts including four counts of second-degree murder and four counts of operating while intoxicated causing death.

Other charges against him include one count of operating while intoxicated causing serious injury, one count of third-offense drunk driving, one count of second-offense driving with a suspended license and one count of open container of alcohol.

The second-degree murder counts carry a maximum penalty of life or any term of years in prison, while the operating while intoxicated causing death counts carry a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison. Third offense drunk driving and driving while intoxicated causing serious injury are five year felonies. The remaining two counts are misdemeanors.

Judge LaSata set bond for Collins at $350,000 cash or surety and he is currently lodged in the Berrien County Jail. The next court dates for Collins are Sept. 25 for a pre-exam conference and Oct. 1 for a preliminary hearing.

Collins was driving a 2007 Ford Fusion on Miller Road on Aug. 2 when he blew through the stop sign on Miller Road and struck a 2000 Honda Accord broadside that was traveling south on Main Street. All four occupants of the Honda were killed in the crash and pronounced dead at the scene.

Those who died in the crash have been identified as Robert Klint, 66, of Sawyer, his brother-in-law, Kent Williamson, 52, of Virginia, Klint’s wife, Melissa Klint, 60, of Sawyer and their daughter, Landyn Klint, 22, of Sawyer. Robert Klint was the driver of the vehicle. Williamson was Melissa Klint’s brother.

Berrien County Prosecutor Michael Sepic said last month that he was authorizing the second-degree murder charges against Collins because his intoxication, excessive speed, and disregard for a stop sign knowingly created a very high risk of death or great bodily harm. Knowingly creating such a high risk is one of the intent elements of second-degree murder.

Before his arraignment Friday, Collins had been in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections on a parole violation since his release from the hospital in August.

Collins had been paroled last December from prison where he had been serving a sentence for operating/maintaining a meth lab from a 2015 conviction.