JACKSON CO., Ill.--A collision yesterday has claimed the life of a 76-year-old Murphysboro woman, and an East St. Louis woman was hospitalized following the crash.
Jackson County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to the scene of a collision on Illinois 127 at Ava Road yesterday (Friday, August 14) at about 3:17 p.m.
They discovered that a 2015 Ford passenger car, driven by Rosalind Williams, 42, of East St. Louis, had collided with a 2007 Ford passenger car being driven by Barbara Morber, 76, of Murphysboro.
The Jackson County Coroner was called to the scene; Morber was pronounced deceased at the scene of the accident.
Williams was taken to a local hospital (authorities have not noted which one) and transported from there by helicopter to a St. Louis area hospital. Her condition remains unannounced by authorities