Manito motorcycle rider dead after Sunday collision in Pekin

Correction: A past version of this tale improperly named the sufferer of this Pekin accident. That name was intended for a distinctive lethal accident in Tazewell County.

PEKIN – A Manito man using a motorbike was killed Sunday when his bike collided with a motor vehicle in Pekin, police explained.

The accident transpired at 12:24 p.m. at the intersection of Towerline Road and Veterans Drive, said Pekin law enforcement spokeswoman Billie J. Ingles in a information launch.

Dennis D. Hilst, 67, was killed, mentioned Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood. An autopsy indicated he suffered blunt power trauma injuries owing to the collision, Harwood said. Hilst was reportedly not sporting a helmet, the coroner mentioned. Toxicology lab outcomes are pending.

Ingles mentioned the motorbike was touring north on Veterans and the vehicle experienced turned onto Veterans by creating a remaining convert from Towerline Street.

The two collided and the motorcycle rider was thrown from the bicycle. He was taken by helicopter to OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Health-related Center, in which he was pronounced lifeless at 2:47 p.m.

The car’s driver was taken to the hospital as well, but that particular person wasn’t injured, Ingles said in the release.

Troopers with the Illinois Point out Law enforcement responded to procedure the scene and Veterans Generate was shut down from 14th Road to Shopping mall Road even though they did their investigation on Sunday.

The investigation is ongoing and no extra data is obtainable, Ingles explained.

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