WAYNE COUNTY, IL : 19-year-old dies in early morning crash in Wayne County, Ill. on Saturday, 15th July 2023

A 19-year-old firefighter with the Fairfield Rural Fire Department was killed in a crash early Saturday morning, July 15, in Wayne County, Illinois.

According to a post from the fire department’s Facebook page, Logan Kreiter, of Fairfield, Ill., joined the fire dept. as a Junior Firefighter in high school and continued to serve while attending college.

According to a release from Illinois State Police, Kreiter was driving a 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee eastbound on County Road 925 N. when his vehicle left the roadway, travelling into a ditch.

The Jeep overturned several times before coming to a stop in a field just north of the roadway.

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