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Friday, March 7, 2014
A 29-year-old man was killed Saturday in a rollover crash that shut down lanes of Interstate 57 on the city’s South Side. The man, driving in a 2000 Ford Explorer, was heading northbound on I-57 near 99th Street around 1:30 a.m. “at a high rate of speed” when he lost control, according to Illinois State Police. The veered right and struck the right side guard rail and rolled over, police said. The driver was ejected from the SUV and sustained fatal injuries. Police said he was not wearing a seatbelt.
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Saturday, November 23, 2013
A teenager involved in a wreck in southeastern Illinois late Saturday night has been pronounced dead. Four others had already died in the incident. According to the Hamilton County Sherriff, six people were inside a Chevy Trailblazer when it lost control and flipped several times in McLeansboro, Ill. at 10:24 p.m. Five people were ejected from the vehicle when it flipped, with one person trapped inside wearing a seatbelt.