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Former Collinsville High School football player killed in crash Thursday night

A Collinsville man who played high school football died in a crash Thursday night in Jefferson County.

Sean Bonham, 20, died after he lost control of a 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt on westbound Interstate 64 near milepost 83 and hit a tree at around 10:40 p.m., Illinois State Police said Friday.

Bonham was a 2017 graduate of Collinsville High School. His 417 rushing yards and nine touchdowns led the Kahoks football team his senior season. He attended McKendree University, where he played football as a redshirted freshman, though he does not appear on the roster for the coming season.

He was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

This story was originally published May 31, 2019 at 9:42 AM.

Kavahn Mansouri
Belleville News-Democrat
Kavahn Mansouri is an Investigate Reporter for the NPR Midwest Newsroom based in St. Louis, Missouri, a journalism partner with the Belleville News-Democrat. Support my work with a digital subscription
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