Sunday, June 29, 2014

Urbana teens killed in early morning accident

Two Urbana teens were killed in a one-vehicle accident 1:20 a.m. today on Mill Street in Urbana.

According to the Highway Patrol report, a 2006 Ford Fusion driven by Holden T. Beck, 17, ran off the right side of the roadway, struck a tree, a mailbox, and a fire hydrant, overturned multiple times, and hit two more trees.

Beck and a passenger, Christian Helm, 15, were pronounced dead at the scene by Dallas County Coroner Lamont Swanson. The fatalities were the 48th and 49th this year for Troop D.

A second passenger in the vehicle, Hayden Flag, 14, Urbana, was taken to Mercy Hospital, Springfield, in serious condition.

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