SPEER, Ill. – A man from Elgin has died after a two-vehicle crash in Marshall County.
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office says the two vehicle crash occurred just before 10:45 A.M. Monday in the area of State Routes 17 and 40.
Deputies say the Tesla’s driver, 55-year-old Alan Tsao, was westbound and failed to stop at the stop sign, and crashed into a semi-tractor trailer hauling grain that was turning eastbound onto Route 17.
Tsao was pronounced dead at the scene, while the semi driver was uninjured.
Marshall County Coroner Davey Lenz says preliminary information indicates Tsao suffered blunt force trauma injuries.
Tsao is listed as the Chief Financial Officer of the North and Central Illinois Division of the Salvation Army.
Traffic in the area was rerouted until just before 5:30 P.M.
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