COLES COUNTY, Ill, (WTWO/WAWV) — Monday morning a 16-year-old was killed in a single vehicle accident after his vehicle landed upside down in a farm field.
According to the Coles County Sheriff’s Department, a 2004 Nissan pickup was heading eastbound on county road 1200 North, half a mile west of 1850 East. The driver then left the roadway at a jog in the road and overturned, landing upside down in a farm field.
Officials say the 16-year-old driver was located and pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger was treated on the scene and then transported to Carl Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois.
The responding units were the Coles County Sheriff’s Office, Charleston Fire and Rescue and the Coles County Coroner. The sheriff’s office says they will continue the investigation with the Coles County Coroner.
