A 67-year-old Wabash County woman is dead following a single vehicle accident Saturday afternoon in Marion County, Illinois. The name of the victim has not yet been released by authorities. The crash happened on Illinois Route 37 just south of Route 161 in rural Kell. Deputies say the woman ran off the left side of Route 37 travelling northbound. She first hit the south end of a retaining wall of a bridge over a creek, went airborne over the creek, hit the north side of the creek bank, and skidded another 60 feet, before the pickup truck began to roll. It turned over two times before hitting a telephone pole. The pickup came to rest on its wheels. The woman was thrown about five feet from the vehicle. An off-duty paramedic who was following the vehicle rendered care to the woman until other assistance arrived. With Air Evac unable to fly due to the weather, the woman was taken to Salem Township Hospital in very critical condition. She reportedly died in an ambulance while being transferred to a St. Louis hospital. She then reportedly died while in an ambulance when being transported to a St. Louis Hospital
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