MARION COUNTY, IL – A pickup truck crash in Marion County on Saturday evening sent three people to the hospital, according to WJBD.
Marion County Sheriff’s deputies and local firefighters were dispatched to the scene on the Route 161 Extension east of Route 37. An initial investigation determined that a teenage driver swerved to miss a deer at about 7:13 p.m. and ran off the roadway. After going off the road, the pickup truck overturned.
The driver and two passengers were able to get out of the vehicle on their own, despite initial reports of entrapment. The driver, a 16-year-old Centralia boy, and the two passengers, a 24-year-old man and a 50-year-old Odin man, were all transported to an area hospital. No details were released on the extent of their injuries.
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