Three people killed in separate vehicle crashes

Summarised from 2 outlets · 3 reports · Updated 14 Oct, 10:03 · Archive

A pedestrian, a motorcyclist and a side-by-side driver were killed in three separate crashes across Illinois, Wisconsin and Missouri.

Three fatal vehicle crashes occurred across the Midwest in mid-October. Early on 11 October, Deven P. Peterson, 20, of Rockford, Illinois, was killed when a 2021 Jeep Cherokee hit him on U.S. Route 20 in Boone County's Flora Township. Emergency services were called around 2:30 a.m. The Jeep driver was uninjured and cooperating with authorities. Illinois State Police assisted the Boone County Sheriff's Office in the investigation.

Two days later, a motorcyclist was killed in a head-on collision in Wisconsin. A 38-year-old Orfordville man riding a motorcycle collided with a northbound truck driven by a 20-year-old Janesville man near the town of Center in Rock County at around 6 a.m. on 13 October. The truck was turning into a driveway when the crash occurred. The truck driver was uninjured and cited for failure to yield right of way while making a left turn causing death.

That same evening in Missouri, a 36-year-old Sikeston man died when his Polaris RZR side-by-side flipped on private property near Blodgett in Scott County around 8:25 p.m. He was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported this was the 51st crash-related death in their Troop E region for 2026.

How it is being reported

• Driver killed in side-by-side crashA driver was killed in a crash involving a side-by-side vehicle in Scott County on Tuesday night, October 13.Kfvs12 · 14 Oct, 09:42
• Motorcyclist killed in Rock County crashA two-vehicle crash in Rock County leaves one man dead.WIFR · 13 Oct, 21:01
• Pedestrian killed in Boone County crash identifiedA 20-year-old Rockford man was killed in a crash Sunday in Boone County, investigators say.WIFR · 13 Oct, 19:41

In this story: Deven P. Peterson · Rockford · Boone County · Rock County · Janesville · Scott County · Sikeston

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