CENTRAL ILLINOIS CAR ACCIDENT CLAIMS THE LIFE OF THREE CHILDREN AND A YOUNG FATHER
An Illinois truck crash has left investigators trying to piece together the cause of a twenty-seven year old father's erratic driving that claimed the life of himself, his two young sons and a family friend. Reports from a local Illinois police officer indicated that Michael Martin drove passed him in his pickup truck and appeared to be dazed. Martin then apparently slammed the truck into a culvert. Police are still investigating the cause of Martin's loss of control. Moultries County Sheriff, Jeff Thomas, reported that it appeared Martin may have been suffering from some type of medical conditions at the time of the truck accident.
According to the Northwest Herald's report titled "4 Killed, Including 3 Children, in Illinois Crash", the victims of the accident included Martin, his five-year-old son, Bryson Martin, his eight-year-old son, Braxton John Giorgi-Denton, and a friend of the family, eight-year-old Dakota Wayne Hoffman.
Preliminary autopsy results did not reveal any immediate cause for the truck crash. Additional toxicology testing is being performed, and Illinois authorities are hopeful they will shed some light on why Martin lost control of his truck.
