TAZEWELL COUNTY, Ill. – A Towanda man has been identified as the victim in a fatal motorcycle crash Monday afternoon in rural Tazewell County.
Coroner Charles Hanley says 73-year-old Eric Bates was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash just before 4:45 P.M.
Bates was the rider of a motorcycle that was involved in the crash with another vehicle just before 3:30 P.M.
It occurred at the intersection of Townline and Boston School Roads in rural Mackinaw.
Hanley says a preliminary autopsy on Tuesday revealed that Bates died from multiple blunt force injuries caused by the crash.
The case remains under investigation by the Tazewell County Sheriff’s and Coroner’s Offices.
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