Hiram Grau - Director
Date: 11/12/11
Time: 9:55 p.m.
Location: Illinois Route 159 - .5 mile south of LL Road
County: Monroe
Crash Number: 11-11-03069
Unit 1
Vehicle Description: 1997 Lincoln Town Car
Driver Name: Helen L. Stellhorn
Gender: Female
Age: 83
City/State of Residence : Red Bud, IL.
Seatbelt use: Unknown
Injuries: Critical
Taken To: Barnes Hospital- via ARCH Helicopter
Passenger 1
Unit #: 1
Name: Paul A. Ehlers
Gender: Male
Age: 82
City/State of Residence: Red Bud, IL.
Seatbelt use: Yes
Injuries: FATAL
Taken To: Red Bud Regional Hospital
Narrative:
Unit 1 was traveling southbound on Illinois Route 159, .5 miles south of LL
Road. Driver of Unit #1 lost control for an unknown reason, and left the
roadway to the left (East). Unit #1struck and embankment and went
airborne. Unit #1 came to rest on its wheels next to a branch of Black
Creek. The driver of Unit #1, Helen L. Stellhorn, was flown to Barnes
Hospital via ARCH Helicopter, and is in critical condition. The front seat
passenger inside Unit 1, Paul A. Ehlers, was pronounced deceased at the
scene at 10:27 p.m. by Monroe County Coroner Howard Cowell.
* The public is reminded that criminal defendants are presumed innocent
until the government is able to prove its charges in court beyond a
reasonable doubt.
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