Elderly woman dies in Woodford County crash

Posted on August 13, 2018

 

Police car
A woman was killed, her husband injured when their pickup truck carrying a camper trailer rolled off I-74 between Carlock and Goodfield. (Photo courtesy Flickr/DavidsonScott15)

 

By Howard Packowitz

WOODFORD COUNTY – A single-vehicle crash on Interstate 74, between Carlock and Goodfield, killed a 72-year old Peoria woman and badly injured her husband.

Illinois State Police said in a news release that a pick-up truck carrying a non-motorized camper trailer was westbound on 74 when it rolled off the roadway about 6:10 p.m. Monday.

Woodford County Coroner Tim Ruestman said the woman, Marcia Gaffney, was dead at the scene. Ruestman said a Life Flight helicopter transported her husband, Michael Gaffney, to OSF St. Francis Medical Center. His condition is not known.

Illinois State Police and Woodford County Sheriff’s Police are also investigating the crash.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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