Watseka woman faces alcohol charges after traffic crash

Twenty-year-old McKinze Fahey of Watseka was transferred to Carle Hospital in Urbana after a traffic crash in Iroquois County Thursday. Fahey was treated at Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka, then transferred.

Sheriff's Police investigated the accident at 2150 N and 1550 E. Charges against Fahey include DUI, Illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

Police reported Fahey was eastbound when she drifted into a ditch, traveled in the ditch for some distance, then over-corrected. The car jumped into the opposite ditch before the vehicle crossed an open field and hit a tree.

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