On Thursday, April 18 at 10:10 a.m. Lee County deputies were dispatched to a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of J40 and Highway 218. Upon arriving at the scene they noticed a vehicle bearing Illinois plates had sustained heavy damage to the front side of the driver compartment and the front end of the vehicle. The plates came back on a 2019 Toyota Camry SUV registered to the driver V. Louise Sladek, 75, of Sugar Grove, Illinois. The other vehicle had heavy front end damage with airbag deployment. That vehicle was a 2019 Nissan Rogue SUV bearing Oklahoma Plates. The driver was identified a Anthony Neal Perrigan, 27, of Columbus, Mississippi. Witness statements were gathered. Sladek was in the right lane and attempted to make an abrupt turn on J40, at which point she began to turn, pulled into oncoming traffic and was hit on the driver side by the Perrigan vehicle traveling southbound. Both vehicles suffered disabling damage and were towed from the scene. Sladek was cited for Unsafe Turn.

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