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Investigators release name of motorcyclist killed in metro-east crash

Illinois state police car in East St. Louis on Sept. 27, 2023.
Illinois state police car in East St. Louis on Sept. 27, 2023. Belleville News-Democrat

A 64-year-old Sparta woman died Wednesday in a crash involving a motorcycle and a tractor-trailer in Randolph County, authorities said Thursday.

Donna Martin was pronounced deceased at the scene, according to a news release from Randolph County Coroner Carlos J. Barbour.

Illinois State Police said Martin was the driver of a motorcycle that was in a collision with a truck at about 1:34 p.m. Wednesday on Illinois 150 at Paradise Road.

State police did not release any additional information about the crash.

Barbour and Illinois State Police said the case remains under investigation.

This story was originally published April 18, 2024 at 3:47 PM.

Mike Koziatek
Belleville News-Democrat
Mike Koziatek is a former journalist for the Belleville News-Democrat
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