Drunk driver arrested after crash kills two people

DUQUOIN, Ill. (KBSI) – Dylan Weeks of Du Quoin, IL, was arrested on November 27, 2024 on a warrant issued by a Perry County judge.

The arrest stems from a fatal crash that occurred in Perry County in March of this year.

An Illinois man was arrested after being involved in a deadly crash in March.

According to the Illinois State Police on March 17, 2024, ISP agents, with the assistance of the Du Quoin Police Department and the Perry County Coroner’s Office, investigated a two-vehicle fatal traffic crash on US Route 51, south of Gasplant Road.

The driver of vehicle 1, Weeks, struck vehicle 2 head-on at a high rate of speed.

The juvenile passenger in vehicle 1 was pronounced deceased on scene.

Dylan Weeks of Du Quoin, IL, was arrested and faces for 3 counts of Aggravated Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (Class 2 Felony)
and 3 counts of Aggravated Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (Class 4 Felony).