Several fatalities on Illinois roads have resulted from recent icy conditions.<\/p>\n
Four high school friends died when their car skidded out of control on a bridge and plunged into an icy creek in rural Illinois. Patrick O’Neil, the coroner for Will County, said that the driver probably lost control of the vehicle after hitting water or ice on the bridge.<\/p>\n
The four teenagers were all from Wilmington, southwest of Chicago. They had been missing overnight before their bodies were found, and 20 people had joined in a search. Early the next morning, a school bus driver spotted a tire protruding from Forked Creek.<\/p>\n
Emergency crews found that the guard rail was missing from the Ballou Road bridge. A dive team discovered the bodies inside the vehicle, a Mitsubishi Eclipse, which was pulled from the creek by a tow truck.<\/p>\n
According to records, the vehicle was registered to one of the teens, Cheyenne Fender, 17. The (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Several fatalities on Illinois roads have resulted from recent icy conditions. Four high school friends died when their car skidded out of control on a bridge and plunged into an icy creek in rural Illinois. Patrick O’Neil, the coroner for…<\/span><\/p>\n