UPDATE: July 21, 2022
Illinois State Police have identified those killed in Wednesday's crash on Route 37.
70-year-old Charles M. Hedges and 44-year-old Joseph Taylor, both of Carterville, were killed in the crash.
65-year-old Monty Millenbine, of Mill Shoals, was flown to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries. 62-year-old Darwin Titzer of Mill Shoals was uninjured.
ORIGINAL STORY
WILLIAMSON COUNTY (WSIL) -- Police are investigating a crash that left two people dead.
Illinois State Police responded to a two vehicle crash on Route 37, just south of Marion, around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday.
ISP says a vehicle was traveling north and for unknown reasons crossed into the southbound lane. They struck the front of a second vehicle.
The driver and passenger of the first vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene by the Williamson County Coroner.
The second driver was flown to a regional hospital with life-threatening injuries.
This is an open and on-going investigation.
