JASPER CO.—A confirmation from Jasper County Sheriff Ed Francis involving the ATV crash from 9/7/2013; The Illinois State Police report the fatal ATV crash occurred at 10:47 p.m. Saturday.
The ATV was traveling south on a county road near Ste. Marie and it skidded out of control, went into a ditch and ejected two occupants—James Ryan Egleston, 36, of Olney and Melissa Wood, 40, of Olney were transported to Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney, then life-flighted to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville.
Wood was pronounced dead on arrival while, Egleston’s condition is unavailable—Illinois State Police continue to investigate the single vehicle accident—at this time, arrest information is pending.