Tazewell County Coroner identifies victim of fatal crash on Route 24 in Washington

Hailey Parks, 20, of Jacksonville, Florida, was identified as the victim in a fatal accident that happened Wednesday morning near the Illinois Central College campus.

Parks was visiting relatives in the area when she was struck by a motor vehicle near the intersection of US-24 and Grosenbach Road, according to a Friday news release from Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley.

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Parks was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:32 a.m. Wednesday. An autopsy was held Wednesday afternoon and preliminary findings showed the death was caused by multiple blunt force injuries sustained as a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle.

The case remains under investigation by the Illinois State Police and the Tazewell County Coroner’s Office.