Fairfield, IL : Carmi man dies in Wayne County crash on Monday evening, June 27, 2016

A Carmi, Ill. man died Monday evening when the Ford Explorer he was driving ran off the Burnt Prairie blacktop south of Fairfield and overturned.

Gene Desper, 60, was driving a 2001 Ford Expedition southbound on the Burnt Prairie Blacktop when he ran off the right side of the roadway.

Illinois State Police say the driver apparently overcorrected, coming back the roadway and overturning. The driver was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the wreckage.

The victim was taken to Fairfield Memorial Hospital where he subsequently died. Fairfield rural Fire Department volunteers and the Wayne County Ambulance Service assisted at the accident. Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies assisted Illinois State Police at the scene. The crash remains under investigation.

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Carmi man dies in Wayne County crash