Coroner identifies two children who died in weekend Peoria car crash
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PEORIA (HOI) -- The two children who died in a weekend car crash in Peoria have been identified by the Peoria County Coroner.
Coroner Jamie Harwood says 14-year-old Bolodjawn Diego Bonkengo, a front-seat passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident at Charter Oak Road and Charter Oak Lane on Sunday afternoon. An autopsy shows Bonkengo suffered multiple blunt force chest and abdominal injuries and died instantly.
"It is a tragedy," Harwood said. "I just, I'm thinking about everyone today, with the trauma and grief that they are going through."