A 29-year-old man was killed and two others injured in a crash in northwest Champaign County Thursday night. The victim is identified as Joshua Hohulin of Fisher. He suffered fatal inuries when another driver tried to pass at an intersection.
Ford County Coroner Rick Flessner said Hohulin was pronounced dead at Gibson Area Hospital in Gibson City at 9:46 p.m.
Illinois State Police reported the victim’s car struck at the intersection of Illinois 47 and County Road 3200 N. about 8 pm.
Police reported Hohulin was driving south on 47 and was slowing to turn east on 3200 N when another southbound car that was trying to pass a third southbound vehicle collided with him in the intersection.
The 22-year-old woman from Bolingbrook who was passing and her passenger were also taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
She was issued tickets for improper passing in an intersection, disobeying a no-passing zone and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
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