Brady: Plane crash in Sangamon County ‘very sad’

Posted on January 29, 2020
State Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington). (Scott Miller/WJBC)

 

By Neil Doyle

SPRINGFIELD – State Rep. Dan Brady (R-Bloomington) and many others are mourning those who died in a plane crash Tuesday in Springfield.

The victims are Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards, her husband Frank, a former Springfield alderman, and John Evans.

Brady, who served as McLean County Coroner, said he and Cinda have worked together during his time in Springfield.

“Her spirit of always wanting to do the right thing and professionalizing the coroner’s association in Illinois was always important to her,” said Brady.  “She not only carried out her duties as Sangamon County Coroner, but she wanted to improve what happened in the state.”

“She was well respected, well educated, and a very, very, very dedicated public servant,” he added.

Officials said the pilot reported trouble with weather and instruments just before crashing. The plane had taken off from Florida and refueled in Alabama before the final leg of the trip, to Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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