SALINE CO.—Illinois State Police worked a collision at 12:54 this afternoon (Wednesday, May 1) in Saline County that involved a vehicle and a bicycle, and was fatal for the cyclist.
ISP advises that Scott W. Patrick, 55, of Galatia, was on a black Trek Bicycle eastbound on Hamburg Road approximately a quarter-mile east of Payne Road when the driver of a 2006 GMC Sierra pickup truck, Lee Roy McKinnies, 58 of Broughton and also eastbound on Hamburg Road, rear-ended the bicycle.
As a result of this traffic crash, Patrick suffered life-threatening injuries and was pronounced deceased at the crash scene by the Saline County Coroner’s Office.
ISP was assisted in the crash by the Saline County Sheriff’s department and the Galatia Fire Department.
