TAYLOR SPRINGS, Ill. (AP) — Authorities have identified two people killed after the vehicle they were riding in went off a highway and struck a tree in Montgomery County.
Illinois State Police says 18-year-old Shayla Williams of Hillsboro was driving a vehicle north on Illinois 127 just south of Taylor Springs at about 1:55 a.m. Sunday when the car veered across the south bound lanes and hit a tree.
Williams was taken to a hospital, where she died. Her passenger, 22-year-old William Brennan of Highland, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Illinois State Police’s traffic crash reconstruction team is investigating the fatal crash.
