URBANA, IL : Coroner Wrong-way driver kills man in head-on crash on Saturday, 29th June 2024

A wrong-way driver crashed into a vehicle driven by a 25 year old man, according to the Champaign County Coroner.

The crash happened at 1:57 a.m. on North Cunningham Ave. near Triumph Drive in Urbana.

The Champaign County Coroner said Justin Martinez, 25, of Byron, Illinois was driving northbound on N. Cunningham Ave. when a wrong-way driver crashed into his vehicle head on.

Martinez was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.


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