Crime & Safety
2 Teen Girls Killed, 1 Fighting For Her Life After UTV Collides With Grain Hauler In Southern Illinois
The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday near Strasburg in Shelby County, CBS affiliate WCIA-TV reported.
July 12, 2024
Two teen girls were killed and another is fighting for her life when their utility terrain vehicle crashed into a grain hauler in south-central Illinois.
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The crash happened around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday near Strasburg in Shelby County, CBS affiliate WCIA-TV reported. Police say that preliminary information shows a UTV with three 14-year-old girls riding in it failed to stop at a stop sign and crashed into the grain hauler.
One of the girls died at the scene. Another was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. The third was airlifted to a hospital in Indianapolis with what the Shelby County Sheriff's Office called life-threatening injuries. The driver of the grain hauler wasn't hurt.
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