![]() More: Fall at East Peoria nursing home partly responsible for man's death. ![]() The passerby was north of the RiverPlex in the 600 block of Northeast Water Street, said police spokeswoman Amy Dotson. Members of the Peoria police and fire departments were called the area late Tuesday morning after a passerby on the trails saw the person who was partially submerged on the river's bank. Also, Harwood said, X-rays were being done to see if there were any injuries not immediately visible. The woman's name is being withheld to allow for notification of other family members, Harwood said. The coroner said later Tuesday that authorities were able to identify the woman based on a missing person's report that was made by family members on Monday night with the Peoria Police Department. It reopened at around 5 p.m.PEORIA - A person found in the Illinois River just north of downtown has been positively identified as a 58-year-old Peoria woman, the coroner said Tuesday.Ĭoroner Jamie Harwood said the condition of the woman found in the river Tuesday morning made him think the body had been in the water 24 hours or less. The intersection was closed to traffic for about six hours for a crash investigation. Coroner Jamie Harwood, he said, was at the scene and trying to notify family members. Also on hand were members of the Brimfield Fire Department.Īl Smith: The violent end to the life of a Bradley basketball star and Manual HS legendīuckley said the sheriff's office is handling the initial investigation, but the Illinois State Police will take over the overall investigation as deputies were involved in the pursuit when the crash happened. Members of the Peoria Fire Department had to use the "Jaws of Life" to get access into the sedan to remove the minor, according to a news release from the department. The Buick caught on fire, but deputies managed to get the driver out of the vehicle. ![]() Buckley said that the initial investigation indicates the LaSabre struck the woman's sedan head-on. for the crash which happened just east of the intersection. Route 150 for a few miles and then drove through a yard, turning around and heading west on Route 150, Buckley said.ĭeputies were dispatched to the intersection of Trigger Road and U.S. It struck a squad car and almost hit a deputy before pulling out of the lot and going north again on Kickapoo-Edwards. That began a chase by deputies that went south and then north on Kickapoo-Edwards Road before the Buick pulled back into the gas station parking lot. Firefighters with the Brimfield Fire Department were able to revive her, but her condition or what led to her being unconscious wasn't known yet, Buckley said. One person, a woman, was removed from the car but the man took off, Buckley said. on a report of two people who were unresponsive in the LaSabre. Police and courts: Peoria man sentenced to four years in prison in dog-beating caseĭeputies initially were called to the Shell gas station at the Kickapoo exit off Interstate 74 just after 10 a.m. The driver's condition wasn't immediately known either, he added. She was wearing her seatbelt, the coroner said.Ī fourth person, the driver of a Buick LaSabre, was fleeing from deputies when they collided with the woman's vehicle, also was transported to the hospital, Buckley said. Harwood said preliminary autopsy results indicated Schmid suffered multiple blunt force trauma injuries and died instantly. The extent of their injuries was not known. Jason Buckley of the Peoria County Sheriff's Office. A preteen boy, who was in the Schmid's vehicle, as well as the driver of a pick-up truck, were taken to an unnamed hospital to be treated, said Lt. Miriam Schmid, 43 of Edwards was pronounced dead at the scene, said Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood on Monday. Route 150, according to the Peoria County Sheriff's Office. PEORIA - One person is dead and three are in the hospital following a three-vehicle collision Sunday morning near Trigger Road and U.S. ![]()
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