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Police ID 2 passengers killed Saturday in rollover crash

A crash Saturday near rural Elizabeth turned fatal for 21-year-olds Wyatt Potter and Rhett Geisz after the car struck a culvert and rolled over several times.

ELIZABETH, Ill. — UPDATE: The Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Office released the names of the two people killed and two injured in Saturday morning's rollover crash.

According to the sheriff's office, the deceased passengers were 21-year-olds Wyatt Potter and Rhett Geisz of Elizabeth, Illinois. The injured driver and passenger were 22-year-old Trey Thomas and 21-year-old Jonathan Haring also of Elizabeth. 

The incident remained under investigation as of Monday, according to the the sheriff's office.

ORIGINAL: Two people are dead and two others were sent to the hospital after a rollover crash turned fatal early Saturday morning.

According to the Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Office, at about 3:21 a.m. Jan. 8, deputies were dispatched to the scene of an accident on South Pleasant Hill Road about half a mile south of Jenny Lane.

The deputies learned before arriving that two people had been ejected from the car in the process of the crash. They arrived at the scene to find CPR being performed on one of the passengers, and began CPR on the second, according to the sheriff's office. 

Soon after, Elizabeth EMS arrived at the scene and pronounced the two passengers dead. The vehicle's driver and a third passenger were transported to the hospital for treatment.

Investigation later found that the vehicle was travelling north on South Pleasant Hill Road when it left the road at high speed and struck a culvert, causing it to roll over several times before coming to a stop in a driveway on the driver's side.

The incident remained under investigation as of Sunday night, according to the sheriff's office. The names of the deceased have not been released.

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