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.
Children who died in weekend Peoria car crash identified by coroner
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PEORIA (WEEK) 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.
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PEORIA (HOI) - Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said at least two are dead and a large number were injured in a multi-vehicle accident in Peoria Sunday afternoon.
The collision happened on the corner of Charter Oak Lane and Charter Oak Road.
Limited details are available at this time.
This story will be updated.
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Two children are dead and six others were hospitalized in a two-vehicle collision just outside of Peoria on Sunday.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said the crash happened shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday on Charter Oak Road near Charter Oak Lane just west of city limits.Harwood said a westbound vehicle collided head-on with an eastbound vehicle after one of them crossed the center line. Peoria County Sheriff Brian Asbell said a Toyota sedan with eight people inside crossed the center line and struck a Lexus SUV.
Asbell said a 14-year-old passenger in one of the vehicles was declared dead at the scene. Later, a one-year-old passenger from that same vehicle was declared dead at the hospital.
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