Bloomington woman identified in fatal crash on city’s west side

Posted on December 28, 2019
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The McLean County Coroner’s Office and McLean County Sheriff’s Office are still investigating the crash. (WJBC file photo)

 

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder has identified a woman who died in a two-car crash Friday night.

Gina Jesse, 55, of Bloomington was pronounced dead around 7:30 p.m. at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, according to a news release.  The two-vehicle collision happened on West Washington Street, just east of Bloomington Heights Road, around 7 p.m.

Preliminary autopsy findings indicate that Jesse died from blunt force injuries of the chest, according to Yoder.  Toxicology results are pending.

Jesse was the only person in the vehicle.  No information was available about the other car involved in the collision.

The crash is still under investigation by the coroner’s office and McLean County Sheriff’s Office.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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