The Illinois State Police (ISP) arrested an Indianapolis man after a fatal crash in Clark County, Illinois.
The accident resulted in the arrest of 34-year-old Edwin O. Pacheco-Meza as the Clark County State’s Attorney’s Office filed two counts of Aggravated Driving Under the Influence and one count of Reckless Homicide against Meza.
Around 7 p.m. on Friday, ISP responded to a two vehicle crash on West Lincoln Street near South Division Street in Westfield. Preliminary information shows a Chevrolet Express van driven by Pacheco-Meza was traveling eastbound when it crossed the center line and hit a Ford F150 truck traveling westbound head-on.
Two passengers in the F150 truck, 71-year-old Michael Clayton and 66-year-old Gail Clayton, both of Charleston, were pronounced deceased on scene, and the driver and an additional passenger in the truck, a 72-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman, both of Charleston, were transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The passenger of the van, Juan L. Morales Martinez, 18, of Lawrence, was uninjured and the driver, Pacheco-Meza, was treated for minor injuries.
Following the crash, Pacheco-Meza was detained in the Clark County Jail. On Monday, a detention hearing was conducted and Pacheco-Meza remains in custody pending court proceedings.
The investigation is ongoing.
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