Staunton Star - Times - Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years

Two women from St. Louis, Mo., died Friday in a wrong-way head-on crash on northbound I-55 at milepost 37 near Liv- ingston, Ill.

The fatal crash happened at 4:06 a.m. on April 9 and involved a 2020 Gray Toyota Camry and a 2021 International truck-tractor semi-trailer. The Toyota was driven by Juandria Pickett, age 30, and she had one passenger, Tiyana McCoy, age 22. For an unknown reason, they were traveling southbound in the northbound lanes on I-55 when they struck a semi driven by Luvator Pierce, age 52, from St. Louis. Pierce was transported to a regional hospital with non- life-threat...