Lee County Sheriff's Police continue to investigate a single vehicle crash early yesterday morning that claimed the life of a Rochelle man.
Pronounced dead at the scene was 34-year old John Zimmerman.
Sheriff's police say that Zimmerman was southbound on Steward Road, just north of Hayes Road, in his pickup truck. The vehicle traveled off the west side of the pavement and overturned.
A passenger in the truck, 27-year old Kelsey Crosby of Steward, was transported by ambulance to Rochelle Community Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The accident took place a short time after 1:30 Thursday morning.
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