MACON COUNTY CORONER RELEASES NAMES OF TWO ACCIDENT VICTIMS IN MACON COUNTY

ON NOVEMBER 7, 2023 EMERGENCY CREWS RESPONDED TO A CRASH OF A PARAGLIDER IN THE VICINITY OF 1902 EAST HICKORY POINT ROAD FORSYTH, IL. UPON ARRIVAL THE CREWS FOUND A 42-YEAR-OLD DECATUR, IL. MAN DECEASED AT THE SCENE. FIRST RESPONDERS WERE NOTIFIED OF THIS EMERGENCY AT ABOUT 10:43 A.M. (11-7-2023). REPORTEDLY THE PARAGLIDER WAS BEING OPERATED AT AN APPROXIMATE 200 FEET ALTITUDE WHEN AN UNFORSEEN CHANGE IN WIND/ATMOSPHERE CONDITIONS MAY HAVE OCCURRED CAUSING THE PARAGLIDER TO RAPIDLY LOSE ALTITUDE AND CRASHED INTO A HARVESTED BEAN FIELD. THE CORONER WAS SUMMONED AND EXAMINED THE VICTIM. OFFICIAL TIME OF DEATH IS SET AT 12:25 P.M. (11-7-2023). THE VICTIM SUFFERED A FATAL HEAD INJURY ALONG WITH SEVERE FRACTURES OF HIS LOWER EXTREMITIES.

THE VICTIM OF THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT IS IDENTIFIED AS SCOTT A. EDWARDS.

ON NOVEMBER 7, 2023, DONALD D. BRAY, AGE 76 OF DECATUR, IL. WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE OF A SINGLE MOTORCYCLE CRASH. THE VICTIM SUFFERED MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA. CORONER SET THE OFFICIAL TIME OF DEATH AS 10:10 A.M. (11-7-2023). THE MAN WAS DISCOVERED UNRESPONSIVE BY A PASSING POSTAL EMPLOYEE ABOUT 9:04 A.M. (11-7-2023) IN THE 11200 BLOCK OF HAWKEN ROAD, RURAL MAROA, IL. 911 RESPONSE FOLLOWED THIS DISCOVERY. THE MACON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THIS CRASH.

MICHAEL E. DAY
MACON COUNTY CORONER