TWO KILLED IN AREA ACCIDENTS

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Illinois State Police at Effingham report that two people died in two seperate traffic accidents on Wednesday morning. The first occured around 8:30 a.m. on U.S. 40 at the S-curves west of Effingham. A 2006 Ford being driven by 19 year old Seth Reeves of St Elmo Illinois collided with a 2018 Dodge Ram pickup whose driver was 41 year old Christy Wickline of Neoga Illinois. Reeves was pronounced dead at the scene while Wickline was taken to St Anthony Hospital in Effingham and was in serious condition. The second happened around 10:30 a.m. on eastbound Interstate 70 3 miles west of Effingham. A 2009 Volvo semi-truck being driven by 38 year old Maher Qaid-Hassan Adam of Dearborn Michigan veered off the southside of the road, traveled down an embankment, struck a ditch and then came to rest in a treeline. Adam was transported to St Anthony Hospital in Effingham and later died of his injuries there.