Decatur, IL : Forsyth man killed in collision with semitruck on Illinois 121 on Monday, 22nd August, 2016

An 84-year-old Forsyth man was killed in a crash between a semi-truck and a passenger car on Illinois 121 between Decatur and Warrensburg on Monday, according to the Macon County Sheriff's Office.

After receiving a call at around 3:50 p.m., Sheriff's Office deputies discovered a passenger car had collided with a Freightliner pulling a trailer in the intersection.

The Decatur Ambulance Service transported both occupants of the car to Decatur Memorial Hospital, where the 84-year-old male passenger was pronounced deceased and the 80-year-old female driver, also from Forsyth, was treated for what are believed to be minor injuries.

The 58-year-old male driver of the semitruck wasn't injured and refused medical treatment at the scene.

The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of family members.

Prelimary investigation by the sheriff's office Accident Reconstruction Team indicated the semitruck was traveling northwest on Illinois 121, while the car was traveling north on Wyckles Road. Once the semi entered the intersection, the car collided with the semitruck between the tractor cab and the trailer.

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Forsyth man killed in collision with semitruck on Illinois 121