KNOX COUNTY, Ill. — One person is dead following a single-vehicle crash in Knox County on Thursday, June 6.
According to the Knox County Sheriff's Office, the driver of the vehicle, an 82-year-old woman, was killed in the crash. Two passengers, an 18-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man, were injured and transported to a local hospital.
The crash occurred near the intersection of U.S. Highway 34 and Knox Highway 9 at 5:37 p.m. A preliminary investigation determined that the vehicle was traveling eastbound on U.S. Highway 34 when the vehicle left the roadway and crashed on the south side of the highway at Knox Highway 9.
The name of the deceased woman is being withheld pending notification of the family.
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