Photo by R.R. Best
Four Injured in Coles Station Crash
A two-vehicle collision on Highway 121 at Coles Station 11:00 p.m. March 3 sent four people to area hospitals. Aydin Garcia, 18, of Mattoon was northbound on Hwy. 121 and Adrienne Powell, 29, of Mattoon was westbound on 1000N. Powell struck Garcia’s vehicle at the intersection. Emergency medical service crews took Garcia and his passenger, Makayla N. Watkins, 19, and Powell and Powell’s passenger, Lori R. Flinspach, 56, to Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana for treatment of injuries. Powell’s other passenger, Kerri J. Roley, 48, was taken to Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center. The investigation of the crash is pending. Coles County deputies were assisted at the scene by personnel from Mattoon, Sullivan and Wabash fire departments, Dunn’s and Windsor ambulance, Mattoon Police Department, and Moultrie County Sheriff’s Dept.