December 18, 2020
A 75-year-old Hancock County man was killed in a two-vehicle crash to the west of Macomb Thursday afternoon.
The Illinois State Police say that at around 3:33, a GMC pickup truck traveling south on McDonough County Road 600 East failed to yield for a Peterbilt Truck Tractor Trailer Combo traveling east on Illinois Route 336 and struck the semi.
Killed in the crash was the driver of the pickup truck, 75-year-old Gary Melvin of Augusta, Illinois.
Two passengers in the pickup were transported to a local hospital with unknown injuries. They were identified as Colchester residents: 18-year-old Levi Bontrager and 21-year-old Vernon Bontrager.