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Two Killed in Crash on I-55 Sunday


Two people were killed on Interstate 55 early Sunday morning after a wrong-way driver started a pair of crashes north of Farmersville.

36-year-old Dannean Royston of St. Louis and 54-year-old Cheryl True of Maryville were both pronounced dead at the scene by Montgomery County Coroner Randy Leetham.

According to the Illinois State Police, Royston was driving north in the southbound lanes of the interstate when her car struck True's southbound vehicle head-on. The collision caused True's SUV to spin and sideswipe a semi and another SUV. Each vehicle came to a stop after the initial crash.

While sitting in the southbound lanes near milepost 73, True's SUV was hit by a Megabus carrying 54 passengers. The driver of the bus, 60-year-old Kermit Wilmington of Chicago, was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries. Additionally, five of the passengers on the bus were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

The incident remains under investigation by the State Police. No further information is being released at this time.

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