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Victim ID’d in fatal Friday crash on Rt. 251 north of Peru · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Victim idd and fatal Friday crash on RT two hundred
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  Speaker 1: and fifty one north of Peru written by Tom Collins.
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  Speaker 1: This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  Speaker 1: to you by Everlett. The victim in Friday's fatal crash
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  Speaker 1: on Route two hundred and fifty one north of Peru
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  Speaker 1: has been identified as fifteen year old Jenia Francis. The
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  Speaker 1: LaSalle County Coroner's Office issued a Monday press release identifying
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  Speaker 1: the victim only as a fifteen year old female from Mendota. However,
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  Speaker 1: Mendota High School Superintendent Denise Augenbah alerted families that it
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  Speaker 1: was sophomore student Jenia Francis who died in the crash.
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  Speaker 1: Grief counselors had been made available to students in need.
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  Speaker 1: Coroner Rich Plock did provide additional details on the crash,
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  Speaker 1: reported at North thirty fifth Road and Route two hundred
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  Speaker 1: and fifty one in Dimick Township. According to the release,
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  Speaker 1: Francis was a rear seat passenger in an automobile that
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  Speaker 1: left the roadway, struck a utility pole, and came to
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  Speaker 1: rest in an adjacent farm field. The accident was described
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  Speaker 1: as a rollover crash. State Police said later that two
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  Speaker 1: occupants were airlifted to a regional hospital with injuries. Both
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  Speaker 1: lanes were shut down and reopened at approximately five twenty
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  Speaker 1: five pm.