CHAMPAIGN COUNTY — Deputies of the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office and the Champaign County Coroner’s Office are investigating a Sunday morning crash that killed a Springfield man.
Joseph A. Wells, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene of the single-vehicle rollover crash
Deputies and JSP Fire and EMS were called to respond to the 2200 block of State Route 560 in Mad River Township at approximately 7:12 a.m., according to a release from the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office.
Upon arrival, the initial investigation revealed that a pickup truck was travelling southbound on S.R. 560 just north of Old Troy Pike when it left the right side of the roadway for an unknown reason, the release said.
The vehicle then travelled back onto the road, lost control and went off the west side of the road in the 2200 block, where it struck a ditch and rolled before coming to a final rest.