Don’t Miss This: Death in fiery crash still under investigation

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▪ Signs of coronary artery disease were found in the truck driver who suddenly veered off Interstate 270 in Glen Carbon and died when his tractor-trailer crashed and burned on Wednesday, but it has not yet been determined if heart disease caused or contributed to the crash, the Madison County Coroner’s Office said Thursday.

Brian Westerfield, 47, of Freeburg died in the fiery crash on Wednesday.

▪ Higher prices and fewer choices on the Illinois marketplace under President Barack Obama’s health insurance law will make choosing a plan for 2017 a potentially frustrating experience for families who buy their own coverage, according to information released Wednesday by the Illinois Department of Insurance.

Statewide, an average price increase of 43 percent is ahead for a popular type of middle-tier coverage used as a benchmark under the health law, the department said. The price of that benchmark plan — the second lowest cost Silver plan — will increase by as much as 71 percent in Madison, Monroe and St. Clair counties.

▪ Three duck hunters from the metro-east have pleaded guilty more than a year after being accused of stealing a bicycle and a duck decoy cart from a state park at Carlyle Lake, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

A father and son from O’Fallon as well as a man from Troy had been accused of theft in November 2014 when waterfowl hunters at the Carlyle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area reported that a bicycle and decoy cart had been stolen. The complaint was investigated by conservation police officers.

This story was originally published August 26, 2016 at 6:39 AM with the headline "Don’t Miss This: Death in fiery crash still under investigation."