PEORIA COUNTY, Ill. – Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the 33-year-old man from Chillicothe who was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Friday.
Harwood says Matthew Burke died from multiple blunt trauma injuries he suffered when his car left the road and crashed into a tree on E. Cloverdale Road, just outside of Chillicothe around 2 p.m. Friday.
Harwood says Burke was unconscious, was not breathing and had no pulse when he was taken to OSF St. Francis Medical Center. Despite efforts to save his life, Burke was pronounced dead at the hospital less than an hour after the crash.
Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says it appears speed might have been a factor in the crash.
Harwood says toxicology tests are still pending.
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