Dual fatality crash cause still unclear - Herald & Review
DECATUR – An accident that took the lives of two men and resulted in a fire that made it difficult to identify the victims was the result of one driver crossing the center lane and driving head-on into the other. Macon County Sheriff's deputy Matthew Jedlicka testified Monday at the coroner's inquest that Jon Franklin, 22, of Lincoln, was driving east on Illinois 121 in a 2007 Chevrolet HHR, when his car entered the westbound lane and crashed into a... Franklin was on his way to work in Decatur, while Doty, a truck driver who was pulling a flatbed trailer, was on a work-related run. When Macon County Coroner Michael Day asked Jedlicka why Franklin crossed the center line, he responded, “Reasons are unknown at this point. A small fire ignited in the rear passenger compartment of the pickup truck. All that remained of the vehicles was “bare metal and wire,” Jedlicka testified. A vehicle identification number was located on the pickup truck, with the help of a. Source: herald-review.com
