Two killed when pickup strikes motorcycle

 

STEELEVILLE, Ill. (WJPF) – Two people were killed Friday when a pickup truck collided with a motorcycle in Steeleville.

Illinois State Police say it happened at about 1:00 p.m. at the intersection of Broadway and James Street. 26-year-old Dakota Morrison of Chester and 31-year-old Diane Gilmer of Steeleville were on the motorcycle, stopped at the stop sign on James Street, when they were hit by a pickup truck driven by 34-year-old Nicholas Cook of Du Quoin. 

Morison and Gilmer died of their injuries. Cook was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

 

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