JACKSON COUNTY, IL. (WJPF) – One person is dead, another injured after a head on crash on US 51 in Jackson County.
It happened around 9:45 A.M. Monday about a ½ mile south of the Truax Blacktop outside of DeSoto.
According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, the driver of a southbound vehicle crossed the center-line and hit a northbound vehicle head on.
The southbound driver who crossed the center-line was pronounced dead at the scene. Their name is being withheld pending family notification.
The driver of the northbound vehicle has been identified as 31-year-old Christopher Miller of Carbondale. He suffered minor injuries.
An investigation is ongoing.
