Traffic Accident Kills 5 Heading To Family Reunion In El Dorado
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Law officers in Illinois are still
investigating a head-on crash on an interstate highway that took
the life of five people heading for a reunion in Arkansas. The five
killed in the crash Saturday on Interstate 57 in southern Illinois
were all Milwaukee residents. They were traveling to a family
reunion at El Dorado, Arkansas.
Illinois state police said a pickup truck traveling in the wrong
lane of Interstate 57 struck a car carrying six people. Five
occupants of the Ford were killed, including a seven-year-old boy.
A sixth passenger in the Ford -- a four-year-old boy -- was also
injured, and the truck`s driver remains hospitalized.
The dead were identified as 25-year-old Chantel Mason --
30-year-old Tonia Conley -- 23-year-old Unique Harris --
27-year-old Veleka Fleming -- and Harris`s seven-year-old son
Derrion Sutton.
