Pekin mom killed in car crash, son in car seat survives

Posted on October 12, 2017

 

Police car
Authorities are investigating a car crash that killed a young Pekin woman. Her son, restrained in a car seat, survived.  (Photo courtesy Flickr/DavidsonScott15)

By Howard Packowitz

PEORIA – A young mother from Pekin was killed, but her child escaped serious injuries in a two-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon on route 24 in Peoria County.

The Peoria County Coroner said Kaitlyn Hines. 21, was dead at the scene. Authorities said Hines was traveling south on Cameron Lane when she apparently turned in front of a vehicle heading westbound on route 24.

The coroner said her son was secured in a car seat, and was treated for minor injuries at Peoria’s OSF St. Francis Medical Center.

The coroner will perform an autopsy to determine what caused the woman’s death.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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