Central Illinois school district faces ‘unthinkable loss’ after fatal crash

(Coronary heart of Illinois ABC) – {The teenager} who died in a crash between a automotive and a semi-trailer in jap McLean County on Wednesday was a junior at Gibson Metropolis-Melvin-Sibley Excessive College.

Authorities stated the semi driver was touring northbound on the LeRoy-Lexington Blacktop, did not cease at a cease signal and crashed right into a automotive pushed by Colin Bane of Gibson Metropolis.

Bane, the one occupant of the automotive, was touring westbound on Illinois Route 9. Bane, who was 17, was pronounced useless on the scene. The McLean County Coroner’s Workplace stated Friday that Bane suffered “a number of blunt” accidents.

“The GCMS group has skilled an unthinkable loss,” the college district stated on its Fb web page.

The district posted an image of Bane and his soccer teammates, taken by photographer Ryan Minion.

“The whole GCMS group is mourning the lack of considered one of our children,” the district stated of {the teenager}’s loss of life.

“Please maintain the Bane household, our college students, employees, and group in your ideas throughout these attempting instances,” district stated.

Meantime, the coroner’s workplace and Illinois State Police are persevering with to analyze the crash.

Police ticketed the driving force of the semi for failing to obey a cease signal. He’s recognized as Day-Quan R. Love, 28, from Killeen, Texas. Police stated Love was not injured.

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