Bloomington woman identified in Monday morning crash on Veterans Parkway

Posted on November 2, 2022
The crash remains under investigation by the coroner’s office and the Bloomington Police. (Facebook/City of Bloomington – Police)

By WJBC Staff and 25 News

BLOOMINGTON – The McLean County Coroner’s office is releasing the name of a Bloomington woman who died in a crash on Monday.

28-year-old Chelsea Marshall died from multiple blunt force injuries due to her car colliding with a pickup truck, according to McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder. Toxicology testing is pending.

Bloomington Police told our news partner 25 News three others went to the hospital – including a 2-year-old boy who was in a car seat in the back of Marshall’s car.

Conditions of the child and two adults in the pickup truck were not known.

Police say Marshall’s car was traveling southbound on Veterans Parkway near the Main Street exit when it hydroplaned on the wet road, hit a median, became airborne and struck the pickup head-on in the northbound lanes.

The crash remains under investigation by the coroner’s office and the Bloomington Police.

WJBC News can be reached at [email protected]

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…