A 67-year-old Salem man is dead following a two-vehicle crash that started in Walworth County, Wisconsin and ended in Boone County, Illinois.
According to a news release from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were dispatched to the intersection of Stateline and Capron Roads just before 6:00 Monday night on the report of a two-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle.
Boone County Sheriff’s Office deputies were the first to arrive on scene and learned the crash sequence began in the town of Sharon.
Investigation determined that a vehicle operated by 21-year-old Makayla R. Romanyk of Walworth was headed westbound on Stateline Road when she struck and eastbound motorcycle operated by Jerome J. Epping.
Both drivers were transported to Rockford hospitals where Epping later died as a result of his injuries.
The accident remains under investigation.
