Head-On Collision Results in One Death, One Injury

On Friday morning, a two-car accident on US 150 killed one man and injured another woman.

According to Illinois State Police, at 7:23 AM as James Davis II, 58, was approaching the Glover overpass in his Smart Car, he veered into oncoming traffic and hit Colleen Shields, 55, in her Ford Escape. A source reports that after Davis’s car struck Shields’s SUV, it continued moving for another fifteen feet before stopping.

Davis was pronounced dead at the site of the accident around 8 AM. Shields was transported to the Carle Foundation Hospital, where she received medical attention for her injuries.

Our thoughts are with the family members and loved ones of the victims.