๐ˆ๐‹๐‹๐ˆ๐๐Ž๐ˆ๐’ ๐’๐“๐€๐“๐„ ๐๐Ž๐‹๐ˆ๐‚๐„ ๐ˆ๐๐•๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐†๐€๐“๐„ ๐…๐€๐“๐€๐‹ ๐“๐‘๐€๐…๐…๐ˆ๐‚ ๐‚๐‘๐€๐’๐‡

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ญ๐’๐’๐’๐’๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ท๐’“๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’“๐’š ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐‘ฉ๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘น๐’†๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’†๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’๐’Š๐’” ๐‘บ๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐‘ท๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’† ๐‘ป๐’“๐’๐’๐’‘ 9

๐–๐‡๐€๐“: Two Vehicle Fatal Crash

๐–๐‡๐„๐‘๐„: Illinois 130 near 1400 North, Richland County

๐–๐‡๐„๐: March 21, 2023 at approximately 3:00 p.m.

๐•๐„๐‡๐ˆ๐‚๐‹๐„๐’: Unit 1- 2016 Gray Dodge Truck
Unit 2- 2015 Black Chrysler Van
๐ƒ๐‘๐ˆ๐•๐„๐‘๐’:
Unit 1- Timothy Johnson, 55-year-old male from Dundas, IL โ€“ Transported by ambulance to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Unit 2- Meledy Blumberg, 55-year-old female from West Liberty, IL – Deceased

๐๐‘๐„๐‹๐ˆ๐Œ๐ˆ๐๐€๐‘๐˜: The preliminary investigation indicates the following: Unit 1 was traveling north on Illinois 130 near 1400 North in Richland County. Unit 2 was traveling south at the same location. For unknown reasons, Unit 1 driver crossed the center line and struck Unit 2. Unit 1 driver was transported by ambulance to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries. Unit 2 driver was pronounced deceased on scene by the Richland County Coroner.

The roadway was closed for approximately 5 hours during the crash investigation.

This crash is still under investigation and no further information is available.

๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ.

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