RURAL HOOPESTON, IL : 37-year-old killed in Vermilion County crash on Illinois 9 just east of Cheneyville Road, about a mile east of Hoopeston on Monday, 26th August 2019

Illinois State Police are investigating a one-vehicle accident Monday night that killed one man and sent two others to the hospital.

According to a preliminary report, the accident occurred at 8:26 p.m. on Illinois 9 just east of Cheneyville Road, about a mile east of Hoopeston

The report said a van was traveling west on the state highway when it ran off the road, struck a culvert and overturned in a cornfield.

A 37-year-old male passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, Miguel I. Vera, 36, of San Benito, Texas, and a 38-year-old passenger from Brownsville, Texas, were taken to a local hospital.

The Vermilion County Coroner’s Office will release the name of the man who died after his next of kin has been notified.

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