Two killed, one injured in UTV crash in Jackson County
FOX23 News at 9 p.m.
AVA, Ill., (KBSI) — Two people were killed and another was seriously injured in a utility task vehicle crash early Thursday morning in rural Jackson County.
According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a report of a single-vehicle UTV crash around 12:17 a.m. Nov. 5 in a wooded area near Tiger Road in rural Ava.
Investigators said the side-by-side vehicle was traveling along trails through the wooded area when it overturned into a creek bed.
Two of the three occupants were fatally injured.
Authorities identified the victims as Alex G. Auld, 35, and Kelsie S. Blue, 35, both of Murphysboro.
The third occupant, 62-year-old David A. McCaleb of Murphysboro, was flown by ARCH Air Medical Services to a St. Louis-area hospital for treatment.
McCaleb was reported to be in serious but stable condition.
The Ava and Campbell Hill fire departments and Jackson County Ambulance Service assisted at the scene.
The crash remains under investigation by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and Jackson County Coroner’s Office.
