FULTON COUNTY, Ill. – The identity of two people who died in a two vehicle head-on crash in rural Fulton County Monday afternoon have been released.
Sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash on U.S. Route 24 near Rice Lake at around 2:00 P.M., finding one person in each vehicle.
Deputies say a Dodge pickup truck crossed the center line and struck a Kia SUV.
Coroner Austin Rhodes says the driver of the pickup truck, 55-year-old Kyle Kunkel of Humble, Texas, was taken to Graham Hospital’s Emergency Department in Canton, where he was pronounced dead.
He says the driver of the Kia, 39-year-old Carina Kapraun of Astoria, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Autopsies were performed on both Kunkel and Kapraun on Tuesday.
The crash remains under investigation.
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