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Taylorville Man Killed And Five Other Injured Following An Accident Near Assumption

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:17:17 CDT
(Dunkel)--One person is dead and five others are injured after a child care center van and a semi truck collided. Authorities says the four students and two workers from Kemmerer Village were heading south on County Road 2500 east Friday morning in eastern Christian County.

The semi was going westbound on County Road 800 North when the vehicles crashed at an intersection without stop signs, about four miles south of Assumption.

40 year old Daniel Kennell of Taylorville was pronounced dead at the scene by the Christian County Coroner's Office. Authorities says three people with serious injuries were flown to Memorial Medical Center in Springfield and two others went to Pana Community Hospital.