SALINE COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - A man was charged with several felonies in connection with a deadly southern Illinois crash.

Jacob C. Ahrens, 21, of Ridgway, Ill., was charged with two counts of felony aggravated driving while under the influence of alcohol/drugs involving death and two counts of felony aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs involving personal injury.

According to Illinois State Police, troopers responded to a crash around 1:58 a.m. on August 8 about 1 mile west of Harco Road near Galatia .

They say a Chevrolet Silverado was going southbound on IL-34 when it went off the road and into a ditch.

The driver and one passenger were airlifted to a regional hospital with injuries.

A second passenger, 20-year-old Mattix T. Sandifer, of Ridgway, died at the sce

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