By Howard Packowitz
BLOOMINGTON – A woman is dead and three other people were hurt when a car and a sport utility vehicle collided Sunday evening, near Bellflower, in far southeastern McLean County.
The woman, 31, was one of two people killed on McLean County roads this weekend.
Coroner Kathy Yoder said the woman was the driver and only occupant of the car. She was pronounced dead at 8:10 p.m. following the crash near county roads 4000 East and 200 North.
Three people in the SUV were treated at an area hospital. Their conditions are not available.
Yoder is scheduling an autopsy to determine what caused the woman’s death. Her name won’t be released until Yoder notifies relatives. The coroner and Illinois State Police are investigating what happened.
Meantime, the coroner’s office and the McLean County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a three-vehicle crash early Saturday morning north of Normal that killed Andrew Dusek, 29, of Hudson.
Yoder said preliminary autopsy results show Dusek died from multiple blunt injuries. Authorities believe his car crossed the center line near 20487 North and Pipeline Road near Hudson, struck another car, and then collided with an SUV.
Dusek was the only person in the car, in which he was the driver. Yoder provided no information whether anyone else was hurt in the crash.
Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]
