A sport utility vehicle full of people headed for a funeral rolled over Sunday morning on Interstate 55, leaving one person dead and sending seven to the hospital.
The SUV was headed south about 10:45 a.m. on I-55 just north of McLean when the right rear tire came off and the driver lost control. The front seat passenger, a 61-year-old Wisconsin woman, was thrown from the SUV and was pronounced dead on the scene, McLean County Coroner Beth C. Kimmerling said in a news release.
The woman’s name has not been released. It was not known whether she was wearing a seat belt.
The SUV was the last vehicle in a three-vehicle group that was traveling from Rockford to St. Louis for a funeral. Seven other passengers were taken to Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.
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