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PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood is identifying the victim of a two-vehicle crash Friday night in the same area of downtown Peoria where a SUV and a school bus were involved in an accident last month.
Harwood says Rodney Golar, 56, of Peoria, was pronounced dead about an hour after the crash at a local hospital, and suffered from multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
The accident happened just after 5:30 P.M. Friday near Jefferson Avenue and Bryan Street. Golar is believed to have been the only person in his vehicle, while two people were in another car involved. They were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Peoria Police are still investigating the crash. The previous crash there back in October was blamed, Police say, on street racing.
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PEORIA, Ill. – A man is dead following a two-vehicle accident near downtown Peoria Friday evening.
Peoria Police say it happened just after 5:30 p.m. at the intersection of Jefferson and Bryan. They aren’t saying much about the crash, except that a male driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition after first responders attempted to treat him, and he was later pronounced dead.
His name has not yet been released.
The male and female in the other car were also hospitalized with injuries considered not life-threatening.
Police say the accident remains under investigation.
