JASPER CO., Ill. - A single-vehicle accident in Jasper County yesterday took the life of an elderly Wheeler man.
Illinois State Police said the wreck occurred on 900th Avenue near North 750th Street, three miles southwest of Newton at 5:16 p.m. yesterday, Thursday, December 21.
ISP said preliminary investigative details indicate that Allen D. Wetherholt, 77, of Wheeler, was traveling westbound on 900th Avenue near N 750th in a white 2001 Oldsmobile Intrigue when he ran off the roadway to the right into the ditch.
The Intrigue continued westbound along the ditch and struck a field entrance head-on.
Wetherholt, who was wearing his seatbelt, was pronounced deceased on-scene.