PEKIN, Ill. – Authorities are providing more information about a weekend accident near Pekin that claimed the life of a motorcyclist.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Dennis Hilst, 67, of Manito was pronounced dead at a Peoria hospital around 2:45 p.m. Saturday, about two hours after the crash near Veterans Drive and Towerline Road in Pekin.
Hilst, Harwood says, was thrown several feet from the motorcycle when it collided with a car turning left on to Veterans from Towerline.
An autopsy determined Hilst suffered multiple blunt force trauma injuries due to the crash, and that he was not wearing a helmet.
Information on the other driver has not been released, nor if any citations were issued.
