Princeton,IL : Car vs. tractor crash kills Henry men on October, Saturday 21th 2017

Bureau County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fatal tractor vs. car accident on Route 26 near 1500 North Avenue, southeast of Princeton, at around 6 p.m. Saturday.

According to the report, a 2004 Mercury four-door passenger vehicle driven by James J. Wiegand, 62, of Henry collided with a John Deere tractor hauling a grain cart, operated by Michael F. Moore, 63, of Princeton.


Moore was attempting to make a left hand turn off Route 26 onto a private drive and Wiegand was attempting to pass the tractor when the two units collided in the roadway, the report said.

Two passengers in Wiegand’s vehicle, William C. Buser, 64, and Timothy D. Phelps, 59, both of Henry, were pronounced dead at the scene by Bureau County Coroner Janice Wamhoff. Wiegand was transported to Perry Memorial Hospital by Princeton EMS and later taken to OSF Medical Center in Peoria by Life Flight. Moore refused medical treatment.

The accident is still under investigation by Bureau County Sheriff’s Office, Bureau County Coroner and Illinois State Police.


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Car vs. tractor crash kills Henry men