HANCOCK COUNTY, Ill. (WGEM) - The person who died on Tuesday in a crash involving a fertilizer truck and a car has been identified as 71-year-old Leona Marie Young, of Pontoosuc, Illinois.

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to the crash at 2:17 p.m. on IL-94 just north of Burnside Corner near Carthage.

Deputies reported both drivers were taken to Carthage Memorial Hospital, where Young died from her injuries. The driver of the fertilizer truck was treated for moderate injuries.

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