STEPHENSON COUNTY, Ill. — A traffic crash on Tuesday afternoon killed an elderly woman.

Just after 3:00 p.m. on Sept. 23, the Stephenson County Sheriff's Office was called to the area of US Route 20 East and Rock City Road for a report of a single-vehicle crash. Officers saw severe front-end damage on the vehicle when they arrived.

Their investigation revealed the vehicle was traveling west on US 20 East when it drove into the ditch for unknown reasons. The vehicle then hit an embankment and was launched into the air. It finally came to a stop near a residential driveway in the 7500 block of US 20 East. All airbags were deployed.

The driver and only person in the vehicle, a 76-year-old woman from Galena, was taken to a nearby hospital. She was later pronounced dead.

The Stephenson Coun

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