Two men identified as victims of fatal head-on crash in Tazewell County

Posted on November 9, 2017

 

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The Tazewell County Coroner said a 58-year old Tremont man and a 19-year old Pekin man were killed Wednesday in a head-on crash on Manito Road. (Photo courtesy Flickr/DavidsonScott15)

By Howard Packowitz

BLOOMINGTON – The Tazewell County coroner has released the names of two people killed in a head-on crash between a car and a pick-up truck in Manito Wednesday afternoon.

Coroner James Baldi said Thomas Williamson, 58, of Tremont was the car’s driver. A passenger, Austin MacEwan, 19, of Pekin, also died in the crash, which happened on a curve of Manito Road, near Spring Lake Road.

Our news partner, WMBD-TV, reported two neighbors helped pull the other driver out of a pick-up truck.

The coroner and the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Department are investigating.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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