COLES COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) -- A crash in Coles County Wednesday evening left a 35-year-old Mattoon man dead and hospitalized two passengers who were in the same vehicle -- a 5-year-old child and a 37-year-old woman.

On Oct. 1 at approximately 5:26 p.m., deputies from the Coles County Sheriff's Office responded to the intersection of County Road 1200 N and County Road 300 E in reference to a fatal vehicle crash. Officials with the sheriff's office said that a Chevrolet Tahoe, driven by 35-year-old Corey Mitchell of Mattoon, was traveling south on 300 E when an International semi-truck, driven by 59-year-old Michael Emmerich of Gays, collided with the driver's side of Mitchell's vehicle at this intersection.

Mitchell was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, the sheriff's office said.

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