
Two out of state residents were killed in a two-vehicle crash in Alexander County on Sunday.
The accident happened around 4:45 a.m. on Illinois Route 3, south of Illinois Route 127.
State Police say a pickup was northbound when he crossed the center line and struck a Mercedes-Benz. The driver and passenger of the truck were killed. The victims were identified as a 59-year-old man and a 76-year-old woman from Stone Mountain, Ga. The driver of the car, 47-year-old Correy Wilson of Cairo, was taken to a regional hospital with non-life threatening injuries.