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Mathew F. Wheeler, 29, killed, after he is struck by a SUV, driven by a 35-year-old woman, while walking on Illinois 49 near Fithian.

Date: 
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Area: 
Champaign & Springfield-Decatur, IL

A Champaign man was killed in western Vermilion County Thursday night as he walked on a state highway.

The Vermilion County Coroner identified the man as Mathew F. Wheeler, 29.

Mr. Wheeler was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:22 p.m., Johnson said. An autopsy was to be done today.

Johnson's office and Illinois State Police continue to investigate the accident, which happened at 9:17 p.m. on Illinois 49, a quarter mile north of Vermilion County Road 2000 N. That's about two miles northwest of Fithian.