Three Seriously Injured In Clay County

ISP TRAFFIC CRASH RELEASE

The Following Preliminary Information is Being Released by

Illinois State Police District 12 

  

WHAT:                      Two Unit Traffic Crash with Injury

  

WHERE:                   US Route 45 at Finch Lane, Clay County

 

WHEN:                      Sept. 27, 2020 at approximately 2:51 p.m.         

  

VEHICLES:              UNIT 1  Gray 2000 Pontiac

 

                                    UNIT 2 – Black 2006 Toyota

 

DRIVER:                   UNIT 1 – Kloey Caldwell, 18-year-old female of Edgewood, Illinois (airlifted to area hospital with serious injuries)

 

                                    UNIT 2 - Charity Beachy, 43-year-old female of Flora, Illinois (airlifted to area hospital with serious injuries)

 

PASSENGERS:        UNIT 2 – 7-year-old female of Flora, Illinois (airlifted to an area hospital with serious injuries)

                                                     

PRELIMINARY:      Preliminary investigative details indicate the following occurred: Unit 1 was traveling southbound on US Route 45 near Finch Lane in Clay County. Unit 2 was traveling northbound on US 45 at the same location. Unit 1 failed to negotiate a curve, crossed the center line drove into the lane of Unit 2 and struck the Unit 2 vehicle head on.

 

CHARGES:               Pending Investigation

 

All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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