Coroner identifies Petersburg woman killed on Camp Butler Road Friday
Steven Spearie
A Petersburg woman who died in a two-vehicle collision Friday night on Camp Butler Road at Illinois 54 east of Springfield has been identified.
Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon identified the woman as Jessica Bilyeu, 25.
Illinois State Police said a preliminary investigation indicated that Bilyeu was traveling west on Camp Butler Road at about 9:02 p.m. and did not stop at a red traffic signal at the intersection with Illinois 54.
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Police said the woman’s car was struck on the driver’s side by a tractor-trailer traveling northeast on Illinois 54.
Bilyeu was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, Thomas A. Maramba, 47, of Jacksonville, was not injured.
The accident, which occurred east of the Sangamon Avenue/Interstate 55 interchange, is under investigation.
Allmon also said David Sirtout, 37, of Springfield was killed in a crash at South Fifth Street and South Grand Avenue Saturday.
Sirtout was transported by EMS from the scene to Memorial Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 9:59 p.m. by emergency room staff.
That crash is also under investigation.
Autopsies are scheduled on both today.