Crash Results In Woman Being Airlifted To St. Louis Hospital

ISP TRAFFIC CRASH ALERT  
 
The Following Preliminary Information is Being Released by Illinois State Police District 12
 
 
WHAT:  Injury Crash  
 
WHERE:   Bourgeois Dr at North Tunnel Rd in Effingham
 
WHEN:  January 24th 2018 at 10:55 AM  
 
VEHICLES:  Unit #1 – Red 2008 Toyota     
 
DRIVER:  Unit #1  Justice A. Self, 20 of Effingham, IL    

PASSENGERS: Unit #1            Kelsi A. Jones, 21 of Manassas, VA
 
CHARGES:  Unit #1- Failure to Reduce Speed to Avoid an Accident / Texting While Driving / Improper Lane Usage / No Valid Driver’s License  
 
TRANSPORTS: The driver of Unit 1 was transported by ambulance to St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital.  The front seat passenger of Unit 1 was flown from the scene to St. Louis University Hospital.                

PRELIMINARY:   Preliminary investigative details indicate Unit #1 was southbound on Bourgeois Dr at North Tunnel Rd (frontage road ½ mile south of “The Cross”).  Unit 1 drove into the gravel on the left side of the roadway, lost control, skidded off the roadway to the right into a cable guard rail, and overturned.  Unit 1 came to rest on its top on the right side of the roadway.     
 
  All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law

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