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Grafton Woman Injured in Accident with Combine

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:59:33 CDT

A Grafton woman was injured on Friday, Oct. 18 in a three-vehicle accident in Jersey County.

Paula McNelly, 64, was taken to Jersey Community Hospital on Friday with non-life threatening injuries.

According to the Illinois State Police, McNelly pulled her vehicle over to the shoulder on Otterville Road and stopped to allow a combine to pass by on a bridge with guard rails on both sides. A southbound car, driven by 22-year-old Sydney Jones of Grafton, was unable to stop in time and struck the rear end of McNelly's vehicle. The impact forced McNelly's Enclave into the left driver's side tire of the combine, and then off the road to the right into the ditch.

Jones and the driver of the combine, identified as 43-year-old Joshua Neal of Jerseyville, reported no injuries. The incident occurred at 4:51 p.m. less than 800 feet north of Busch Lane.