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The death of Dakota Levi Stevens, the boy who was in foster care in Liberty Township in late April and was remembered by mourners at his funeral for his smile and creativity, has been ruled a homicide by the St. Joseph County Coroner's Office in South Bend.
The stretch of U.S. 12 in question was closed to traffic for a few hours as firefighters battled the blaze.
It's not yet know why the driver of the northbound vehicle, a 2020 Ford SUV, entered the southbound lane where it hit a 2020 Toyota passenger car, police said.
"Autopsy and toxicology are pending," according to the Porter County Coroner's Office.
A woman died in a single-vehicle accident after striking a tree in a ditch at approximately 1 a.m. Saturday in Valparaiso, the Porter County Sheriff's Office reported.