The name of the woman involved in the fatal accident on Route 67 south of Beardstown Thursday has been released.
According to Illinois State Police, 41-year-old Latoya Linder of Justice was pronounced deceased at the scene after her vehicle left the roadway to the right into loose gravel, overcorrected onto the roadway and struck a truck tractor/semi-trailer.
Both passengers in Linder’s vehicle, 22-year-old Jershondra Roberson of Justice and a three-year-old child were treated at hospitals for injuries. According to reports, Roberson remains in critical condition and the three-year-old was air lifted from St. John’s Hospital to St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Sean Bolton, of Waverly, the driver of the truck tractor/semi-trailer was treated for non-life threating injuries at Culbertson Hospital, but has since been released.