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One of the injured in Monday's fatal car crash in Monmouth has died.80-year-old Joy Stephens of Monmouth died Tuesday night in Peoria following the crash along U.S. 34 the afternoon before. She follows her husband, 91-year-old Jack, who was killed in the accident when their vehicle was struck by a vehicle driven by 55-year-old Shawn Runge. Runge, of Morris, Illinois, had allegedly failed to stop at a red light prior to hitting the passenger side of Stephen's Honda CRV as it turned left...

Monmouth, Ill.- One person was killed and two people were injured Monday in a Warren County crash. According to the Illinois State Police, at about 3:12 PM Monday, July 11th, a 2015 Jeep Wrangler driven by 55-year-old Shawn P. Runge of Morris, Illinois was traveling westbound on US Highway 34 at 6th street in Warren County. For an unknown reason, Runge failed to stop at a stop light and struck the passenger side of another vehicle as it was making a left turn onto 6th street. The passenger of th...

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