UPDATE — Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley has identified the motorcycle rider who died after a crash Monday morning as 20-year-old Samuel Rodgers, of Mason County.
The Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office was notified of the single-vehicle crash at 5:52 a.m. on Springfield Road, south of Queenwood Road, in Groveland.
Preliminary autopsy results, according to Hanley, show Rodgers’ death was caused by multiple blunt force injuries.
The toxicology report is pending.
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GROVELAND, Ill. — Morton Police confirms that one person is dead after a motorcycle accident in Groveland in the area of Springfield and Queenwood roads.
The crash happened just before 6 a.m. Monday.
A stretch of Springfield Road near Queenwood Road was closed for about 2 hours for accident reconstruction.
The victim’s identity has not been released pending notification of family.
More details will come from the Tazewell County Coroner’s Office.
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