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
