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Recent accidents in the area

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Two Chester residents were lucky to escape serious injury after a head-on collision on Glober Road north of Union School Road on May 10.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the Illinois State Police's crash report, 39-year-old Eric M. Hogrefe was driving a 1999 Lincoln Town Car south on Glober Road.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Driving a 1997 GMC Sonoma northbound on that same road was 67-year-old Robert L. Roche.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Both vehicles approached a hillcrest at the same time, with the Lincoln being over the centerline, and collided.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Neither driver suffered injuries requiring medical transport, but both vehicles were towed due to damage. Hogrefe was cited for improper lane useage and the accident was reported at 12:28 p.m.</span>

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<li><strong>Goldfish Road</strong></li>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">A 31-year-old homeless woman was taken to Chester Memorial Hospital on April 27 after a single-vehicle accident on Goldfish Road.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the Randolph County Sheriff's Office crash report, Jessica Wilson was driving a 2005 Toyota Matrix westbound on Goldfish Road when she lost control of the vehicle.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Matrix struck a ditch embankment and overturned, landing on the driver's side. The vehicle was then uprighted and continued west on Goldfish Road.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Wilson once again lost control of the Matrix and ran off the road on the left side, over-corrected and exited the roadway on the right side, coming to rest in an empty field.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Wilson was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and operating an uninsured motor vehicle. The accident was reported at 5:11 p.m.</span>

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<li><strong> County Road 5</strong></li>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">A two-vehicle accident on April 29 on County Road 5 resulted in no reported injuries requiring medical transport.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the Randolph County Sheriff's Office crash report, 40-year-old Monique Kern, of Chester, was driving a 2014 Ford Focus north on County Road 5 when she failed to negotiate a slight curve in the roadway and entered the southbound lane of traffic.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Another vehicle, driven by 35-year-old Austin Bradshaw of Sparta, was traveling south on County Road 5 and met Kern's vehicle in his lane of traffic.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Bradshaw moved to the right in attempt to avoid a collision with Kern. Kern continued to travel north in the southbound lane, eventually striking Bradshaw's vehicle 75 feet south of a driveway in the 3500 block of County Road 5.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Kern then crossed the northbound lane and the Focus came to rest down an embankment. Bradshaw's vehicle came to rest in the ditch of the southbound lane.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">No citations were issued at the scene. The accident was reported at 4:37 p.m., with Steeleville police and fire departments also responding.</span>

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<li><strong> Baldwin Road</strong></li>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">No injuries were reported in a single-vehicle accident on April 28 on Baldwin Road south of Plum Creek Bridge.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, 18-year-old Ethan Hollowell, of Marissa, was driving a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse northbound on Baldwin Road with 20-year-old Sparta resident Zachary Morris as a passenger.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The roadway was wet and Hollowell was stated to be driving too fast for conditions, resulting in him losing control of the vehicle.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The Eclipse left the road on the left side before hitting an embankment and overturning, coming to rest on its roof. Hollowell was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, which was reported at 11:08 p.m.</span>