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ISP TRAFFIC CRASH ALERT ON I-57

WHAT:                     Two Unit Fatal Traffic Crash

           

WHERE:                   Interstate 57 southbound at milepost 188, Coles County

 

WHEN:                      June 27, 2021 at approximately 4:31 p.m.

                                   

VEHICLE:                Unit 1 – 2001 Yellow Ford Mustang

 

                                    Unit 2 – 2020 Gray Jeep Cherokee

 

DRIVER:                   Unit 1 – Mehdi Mourad, 21-year-old male from Mattoon, IL – Deceased

                                   

                                    Unit 2 – Karen Smith, 54-year-old female from Centralia, IL – Transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

 

PASSENGER:           Unit 2 – Juvenile, 12-year-old female from Centralia, IL – Transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

 

PRELIMINARY:      Preliminary investigation indicates the following occurred: Unit 2 was stopped on the right shoulder of Interstate 57 southbound at approximately milepost 188 with their hazard lights activated due to severe weather in the area.  The driver of Unit 1 was a firefighter responding in his personal vehicle to a crash on Interstate 57 at milepost 184.  The driver of Unit 1 lost control of his vehicle and rear-ended Unit 2.  The driver of Unit 1 was entrapped in his vehicle and had to be extricated.  The driver of Unit 1 was transported to an area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

 

CHARGES:               N/A

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