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Police identify Alton man killed in Sunday crash
Ron DeBrock, Ronald.Debrock@thetelegraph
Published 4:43 pm CDT, Tuesday, June 25, 2019
MIDWAY — Police have released the identity of an Alton man killed early Sunday south of Midway.
Deon J. Miller, Jr., 20, of Alton, was pronounced deceased by the Madison County Coroner's Office following an accident at 2:25 a.m. Sunday on Illinois Route 159 half a mile south of its intersection with Illinois 140.
Illinois State Police District 11 Troopers were called to a single-vehicle accident involving a 2016 Jeep Cherokee driven by a 17-year-old female from East Alton. Troopers say the driver, who has not been named, was negotiating a slight curve and left the roadway to the right. The driver over-corrected, state police said, and crossed both lanes before departing the road to the left, where the Jeep struck a ditch and overturned.
State police said Miller was a backseat passenger in the Jeep and was ejected in the accident.
Three other people were passengers in the vehicle: Amari K. Price, 19, of Alton; Tyler L. Melton, 22, of Hartford; and Candice M. Graves, 21, from Alton. Graves was transported by Arch Helicopter to a St. Louis area hospital with serious injuries. The driver, Price and Melton were transported by ambulance to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
The accident remains under investigation by Zone 6 Investigations and the ISP Crash Reconstruction Officers. No additional information was available Tuesday afternoon.