CENTRALIA, IL – Law enforcement authorities and emergency crews were called to a two-vehicle collision in Marion County on Thursday afternoon, according to a WJBD report.
The crash took place at the intersection of Walnut Hill Road and Airport Road southeast of Centralia. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office stated that the driver of a van was heading north on Airport Road when he pulled out from a stop sign shortly before 5 p.m. That vehicle collided with an SUV going west on Walnut Hill Road.
The van driver, a 78-year-old Centralia man, had to be extricated from his vehicle by rescuers. He and the other driver, a 43-year-old woman from Walnut Hill, were transported to SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital. No details were released on their conditions.
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