Kankakee County: Rt. 115 crash kills 1, injures 2

A Thursday afternoon crash on Route 115 at Kankakee County Road 3000W left one person dead and two others injured. An infant was among the injured.

Illinois State Police report an SUV carrying two adults and a 9-month-old infant ran off the road, hitting a utility pole. It happened just past 3:30 pm.

Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner pronounced 30-year-old Kimberly Shelton dead at the scene.

A male driver, who was responsive, was airlifted to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. The infant was taken to Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.

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