 The previous two record-breaking July 4th weekends were 2023 and 2019. AAA says this July 4th will beat them both. Heather Starr, MNC News. And a South Bend man was killed in a crash on State Road 2 around 10 o'clock Sunday morning near the interchange for the bypass. Witnesses reported a red Chevy SUV traveling westbound that lost control as it approached the bypass entrance ramp.