One killed, two injured in southern Illinois crash
%20(1).jpg "Joe Love, 34, of Murphysboro, died in a two-vehicle crash Thursday, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department reported.")
A southern Illinois man is dead and two other people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in southern Illinois Thursday afternoon.
According to Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, Barbara Perkins, 45, of Carbondale, pulled out of a private drive and into the path of a car driven by Joe Love, 34, of Murphysboro, who was headed west on Old Highway 13 near Wood Road.
Love’s black Alfa Romeo struck Perkin’s 2010 Toyota Corolla, then hit a utility pole and rolled over, the sheriff’s office reported.
Perkins and a passenger in Love’s car were treated at a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Love later died.
This crash, which occurred shortly after 2:30 p.m., is under investigation by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Traffic Crash Reconstruction Unit.
Assisting on the call was the Jackson County Ambulance Service, Carbondale Township Fire Department and Jackson County Coroner’s Office.
This story was originally published February 16, 2024 at 11:20 AM.