Four transported to hospitals after Turkey Bluffs crash

<span>Three Chester residents, and a fourth from Coulterville, were transported to three different hospitals after a Sunday evening crash at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' Turkey Bluffs Scenic Overlook.</span>

<span>According to the Randolph County Sheriff's Office crash report, a 1985 Chevrolet Celebrity driven by 23-year-old Travis Miner (of Chester) and a 2002 Chevrolet S-10 driven by 24-year-old Mark J. Rahn (of Chester) were driving on a narrow figure-8 roadway a half-mile west of Pleasant Ridge Road.</span>

<span>The Celebrity was traveling northwest and the S-10 was headed southeast. The report states that each driver was unable to see the other due to tall weeds and grass as the vehicles neared the middle of the figure-8.</span>

<span>Both drivers reportedly applied their brakes, but loose gravel prevented the vehicles from stopping and they collided head-on.</span>

<span>Both Miner and Rahn were cited for reckless driving. Miner was transported to Chester Memorial Hospital, while a passenger in his vehicle, 29-year-old Stephanie Guethle of Chester, was taken to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.</span>

<span>Two passengers in Rahn's vehicle were also taken to area hospitals. Twenty-one-year-old Holli Clark, of Chester, was transported to Chester Memorial Hospital, while 22-year-old Dillon Palmer (of Coulterville) was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.</span>

<span>Palmer was riding in the bed of the S-10 and was ejected in the collision. Randolph County Sheriff Shannon Wolff told the Herald Tribune that none of those involved in the accident were wearing their seatbelts.</span>

<span>When asked if alcohol was a factor in the accident, Wolff said the incident is still under investigation.</span>

<span>The time of the collision was listed as 8 p.m. with Deputy Kyle Colvis responding.</span>

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