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Tammy Sue Shanle was two miles south of Lincoln, headed north on
Route 121, at 4:40 p.m. She was riding a black 2007 Harley-Davidson.
The driver of a southbound vehicle, Tracy L. Matherly, 41, and
his passenger, April N. Gehlbach, 32, both of Mount Pulaski,
witnessed Shanle lose control of the motorcycle, for unknown
reasons. The motorcycle crossed into the southbound lane. Matherly,
driving a white Pontiac Grand Am, pulled to the west shoulder to
avoid the motorcycle.
Also traveling southbound, behind Matherly, were Michael D. Cox,
56, and his passenger, Cathy Cox, 55, both of Decatur, in a maroon
2002 Chevrolet Impala.
Cox did not see the motorcycle in time and struck it. The
collision occurred in the southbound lane.
The motorcycle came to final rest in the west ditch.
Cox's vehicle came to final rest facing east, straddling the
fogline of the southbound lane.
The Logan County deputy coroner pronounced the driver of the
motorcycle dead at the scene.
Michael Cox was not injured. Cathy Cox was transported to St.
John's Hospital in Springfield with serious, but
non-life-threatening injuries.
The Illinois State Police were assisted at the scene by the
Lincoln Rural Fire Department, Logan County Sheriff's Office, Mount
Pulaski Police Department and Logan County Coroner's Office.
[Illinois
State Police report;
LDN]
(Obituary for Tammy Shanle)
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