URBANA — Deputies of the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office and the Champaign County Coroner’s Office are currently investigating a two-vehicle crash Friday morning that claimed the lives of a driver and her passenger.
Driver Ashlynn Dooley, 20, and her passenger, Jacob Smith, 22, both of Springfield, each were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in the 3700 block of Urbana-Moorefield Road.
The second driver, Cole VanHoose, 25, was transported by Urbana EMS to an area hospital for treatment.
Deputies report VanHoose was operating a southbound pickup on Urbana-Moorefield Road about 7:40 a.m. when his vehicle crossed the center line and struck an northbound car operated by Dooley in a head-on collision. The impact sent both of the vehicles off the road and into a field.