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Weather Alert

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/
TUESDAY...

* WHAT...Heat index values 100 to 107 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western
Kentucky, and southeast Missouri.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ Tuesday.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The first prolonged stretch of heat and
humidity of the season will amplify health impacts. Health impacts
will build with each successive day in the heat and humidity.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.

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Police investigating Route 166 crash, stolen vehicles

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UPDATED 4:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019

WILLIAMSON CO. (WSIL) � Authorities are asking for the public’s help locating a vehicle theft suspect.

Adam Ray Walker, 33, is wanted in connection with a series of vehicle thefts Wednesday morning.

Just after 4:00 a.m. Wednesday, Marion Police officers checked a suspicious vehicle near the Williamson County Courthouse.  Officers identified Walker as the driver but determined there was no evidence of criminal activity and cleared the call. 

Around 5:20 a.m., deputies with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a home on Corinth Road. One of the resident’s vehicles had been stolen and the other burglarized. She also discovered a different vehicle in her driveway, one that had been stolen earlier in Marion. 

As deputies were investigating, Marion Police received a 911 report of a traffic crash and fire on Route 166 and Canaville Road. The caller had driven up on the crash and stopped to help. While she was on the phone with 911, the driver of the crashed vehicle stole her 2010 Chevy Impala and drove away. 

Investigators have confirmed that the vehicle that crashed was the same one stolen from Corinth Road. 

Walker is 6�3", 250 pounds. He was last seen wearing wearing a tank top, shorts, and carrying a backpack. The Chevy Impala is silver with Missouri registration SG6Y4F. The car is missing paint on the front bumper and has a car seat in the back. 

Police investigating Route 166 crash, stolen vehicles

ORIGINAL STORY

WILLIAMSON CO. (WSIL) � The Williamson County Sheriff’s Department and Illinois State Police are investigating a stolen vehicle and car crash. Both happened on Route 166 near Canaville Road in rural Williamson County.

The victim says she stopped to help a man who had just crashed and the vehicle was burning. She got out of her car to call 911, that’s when she says the man stole her car, a 2010 silver Chevy Impala with Missouri registration SG6Y4F, and fled the area. Police are still looking for the suspect, who is described as a white man with tattoos and a crew cut, wearing a tank top, shorts and carrying a backpack.

The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office tells News 3 they are also investigating a vehicle stolen on Corinth Road, but they can’t confirm if it’s the same vehicle involved in the crash and fire on Route 166.

No arrests have been made at this time. 

Anyone with information is asked to call Williamson County CrimeStoppers.Â