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The accident took place at Milepost 136 near Atlanta at 12:09 p.m.
on Wednesday.
Ella Mae Suttle, 63, was driving southbound with passenger Ora L.
Hall, who just turned 92 the day before, on July 4. Both women are
from Tulsa, Okla.
Suttle was driving a silver 2001 Mazda Tribute. She became
distracted with something inside the vehicle and drove into the
center median, causing the vehicle to overturn multiple times. The
vehicle came to rest facing north in the northbound lanes of travel
on I-55.
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 Agencies assisting the Illinois State Police at the scene were
the Logan County Sheriff's Department, Lincoln Rural Fire
Department, Logan County Paramedics, Atlanta Fire Department and
Illinois Department of Transportation.
Suttle was issued a citation for improper lane usage.
[Illinois State Police
news release and LDN]
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