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Saturday, November 15, 2014
An Eastern Illinois University student has died and another was injured in a pickup truck crash on Saturday. The crash occurred near the U.S. Route 45 interchange of Interstate 57 south of Mattoon, Illinois. The pickup truck was heading northbound when it went off the road and overturned. The driver, Jarad Jarmon, was ejected from the truck and hospitalized for injuries in Urbana. The passenger, Samantha Middendorf, was partially ejected and later died from critical injuries. Law enforcement officers say neither was wearing a seatbelt.
Date: 
Friday, June 13, 2014

Police are investigating the death of a woman from Cahokia after she crashed her vehicle Saturday afternoon. Authorities say Brittany Allred, 25, was driving northbound on North Liberty Road in Jarvis Township near Troy, Illinois when her Ford Explorer veered off the road and hit an embankment, causing the vehicle to roll over multiple times. Police have not determined how Allred lost control of her vehicle, but they do say she was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle. She suffered blunt force trauma to her head, chest, and abdomen.