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16 Year Old Killed In Rural Macon County

A 16-year-old is dead after a vehicle accident in rural Macon County Tuesday evening. The girl from Maroa, Illinois was pronounced dead at 3:15 AM on Wednesday morning after a single-car crash on South Lincoln Memorial Parkway Near Elwin Road in Macon County. The vehicle struck a retaining wall/roadway fixture and the accident was reported at about 10:15 PM. 

 

According to Macon County Coroner Michael E. Day, the victim suffered massive torso and lower extremity trauma due to the crash and two other occupants of the vehicle were also injured and airlifted to an out of county trauma center.  There is no update available on their status. 

 

The victim’s name is being withheld pending notification of her family. The crash is being investigated by the Macon County Sheriff’s Office.

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