UPDATE: Coroner names Route 97 crash victim
Update on 5/13/24, 1:35 p.m.
SANGAMON COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — The Sangamon County Coroner has shared the identity of the 60-year-old victim who died after a Menard County car crash on Saturday.
Marjorie Hinds of Petersburg was driving a minivan on Route 97 when her vehicle was struck head-on by a pick-up truck. She was taken to Springfield Memorial Hospital by EMS and pronounced dead at 10:52 p.m.
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Coroner Jim Allmon said the autopsy determined that Hinds died of multiple blunt force injuries sustained in the crash.
The incident remains under investigation by Illinois State Police Police and the Coroner.
MENARD COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) — A 60-year-old Petersburg woman is dead and two people are hurt following a car crash on Route 97 on Saturday.
Illinois State Police said it happened north of North Shore Drive in Petersburg Township just before 10 p.m. The victim and a passenger were traveling south in a minivan while a pick-up truck was traveling north. The truck crossed the center line and struck the minivan head-on.
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The minivan passenger and truck driver were both hurt and transported to a nearby hospital, ISP said. EMS took the minivan driver to the Springfield Memorial Hospital emergency room, where the Sangamon County Coroner said she was pronounced dead at 10:52 p.m.
Coroner Jim Allmon said the victim’s identity will be withheld until family is notified. An autopsy is set for Monday.
The Coroner’s Office and ISP continue to investigate the incident.
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