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Woman Killed in Single Vehicle Crash Near Soangetaha Country Club
A single vehicle accident not far from the Soangetaha Country Club early Monday morning killed one person in the vehicle.

The Knox County Sheriff's Department says deputies responded just after 5:30 am Monday to a report of a car that had struck a power pole at Knox Highway 7 and Fairway Road. Authorities arrived on scene and found a Mercury Sable on it's side and the top of the vehicle against a power pole. Police say the car appeared to have one person inside who was unresponsive.

A Knox County Deputy Coroner pronounced the vehicle occupant, a woman, dead at the scene. She was taken to Peoria for an autopsy that authorities expect will be performed on Monday. Authorities are withholding the victim's name until relatives are notified.

Officers from the Knox County Sheriff's Department and the Galesburg Police Department are investigating the crash. Also assisting at the scene were the Oneida-Wataga Fire Protection District, GHAS, along with paramedics from Oneida and Altona.
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