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Robert Stern Jr., 39, killed; woman injured in head-on collision on Route 30 in Rock Falls, Illinois
A man was driving on Route 30 when another vehicle crossed into the oncoming lane and struck his vehicle head-on. The man was pronounced dead soon after. Three occupants of the other vehicle were taken to a local hospital with injuries deemed non-life threatening.
A Joliet man has been charged for a collision that resulted in the death of a New Lenox man Friday. Jorge I. Contreras, 20, was charged with improper lane use. At 5:37 p.m. Contreras was driving a Buick Enclave westbound on Route 30 when he crossed into the oncoming lanes near Hillcrest Road and hit a Ford pickup head-on. The driver of the pickup, Glenn E. Trost, 82, was pronounced deceased at the crash site. Contreras and his two passengers were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.