Shobonier Woman Killed in Weekend Crash

A Shobonier woman was killed in a crash on the interstate Sunday.

Fayette County Coroner Bruce Bowen said 71-year-old Jeanette Sasse was fatally injured in a head-on crash. Bowen said Sasse traveled down the westbound off-ramp at the Brownstown/Bluff City interchange and into westbound traffic, striking a semi head-on.

Bowen pronounced Sasse dead at the scene at 2:47pm. The crash remains under investigation by the Illinois State Police and the Fayette County Coroner, including an autopsy at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham on Monday.