Motorcyclist killed in Hardin County accident
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Kenneth Asbury, 38, Mt. Carmel, was taken to Hardin County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to a news release from the Illinois State Police Ullin Post.
Asbury was driving a motorcycle southbound on Forest Road, one-half mile south of Garden of the Gods Road 12:30 p.m. Sunday, when he failed to negotiate a curve and crossed the center line into the path of a Jeep Cherokee driven by Lonnie R. Reckmann, 54, Alahambra. The vehicles struck head-on, according to the news release.
Reckmann and his three passengers were not injured.
Both vehicles were towed to Atkinson's Towing in Rosiclare. No citations have been issued.