Pedestrian Run Over in Marion County

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Published on July 1 2019 10:03 am
Last Updated on July 1 2019 10:03 am
Written by Greg Sapp

A pedestrian was killed in Marion County when he was run over Saturday morning.

State police report 31-year-old Nicholas Riel of Centralia was laying in the roadway on Old Highway 51, just north of Community Beach Road at 3am Saturday. A car driven by 37-year-old Craig Taylor of Junction City ran over Riel.

No charges were filed. 

An Illinois State Police traffic crash reconstruction unit and Zone 7 investigators are looking into the incident.