FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ill. (WSIL) -- A southern Illinois woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash in Franklin County on Tuesday night.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said they first received a 911 call at around 10:30 p.m. on December 10, in regards to a crash, with one of the vehicles on fire, near the intersection of Highway 37 and Ewing Road. The Ewing Northern Fire Department and Abbott AMR also responded.
The sheriff's office said a semi-truck and trailer was going south on Highway 37 and about to turn on Ewing Road when the truck was hit in the rear by a passenger vehicle.
The passenger vehicle was then reported on fire after the impact. Two passersby also stopped and helped the driver out of the passenger vehicle.
The sheriff's office said the female in the passenger vehicle was later pronounced dead at the scene. She was identified as Angela Byrley, 54 of Buckner.
Those in the semi-truck were not injured, the sheriff's office added.
Assisting the sheriff's office at the scene was the Illinois State Police Crash Reconstruction Unit and the Franklin County Coroner's Office.
