On Wednesday, March 18th, at approximately 11:27 a.m., Deputies from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Palmyra Road and Carriage Hill Drive in rural Sterling, Lee County, Illinois.
The preliminary investigation indicates that a 2015 Dodge Journey, driven by 52-year-old Magan Fuller of Sterling, Illinois, was traveling northbound on Carriage Hill Drive and attempting to turn onto Palmyra Road. A 2012 Hyundai sedan, driven by a 16-year-old juvenile from Mount Morris, Illinois, was traveling eastbound on Palmyra Road. The two vehicles collided within the intersection.
Fuller and two passengers from the Hyundai were transported to CGH Medical Center for treatment. The driver of the Hyundai was airlifted to OSF St. Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, Illinois. The two passengers were identified as 19-year-old Matthew Buckley of Tampico, Illinois, and a 17-year-old juvenile from Morrison, Illinois.
The crash remains under investigation by a Lee County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Crash Reconstructionist.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Sterling Fire Department, Rock Falls Fire Department, Dixon Rural Fire Department, Dixon City Fire Department, Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office, Illinois State Police, OSF Life Flight, and the Illinois Department of Transportation.