PETERSBURG, IL : Chatham man killed in Petersburg crash identified on Tuesday, December 6th, 2016

A 69-year-old Chatham man who died from injuries he sustained in a crash south of Petersburg Tuesday afternoon has been identified as Russell Farnam.

Farnam was a passenger in a pickup truck that was hit by another vehicle on Illinois 97 shortly before 2 p.m.Illinois State Police said Sunny A. Barger, 18, of Petersburg was driving southbound when her Jeep left the roadway for an unknown reason. The Jeep re-entered the roadway and crossed into oncoming traffic, hitting the passenger side door of the pickup truck, state police said.

Farnam and the pickup's driver, Harry L. Farnam, 67, of Hernando, Mississippi, were taken to Memorial Medical Center.

Harry Farnam and Barger, who was taken to HSHS St. John's Hospital, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, state police said.

The crash remains under investigation, and charges are pending, state police said.

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Chatham man killed in Petersburg crash identified