Two people were killed in an early Saturday morning crash after their vehicle went off the roadway and collided with a house along U.S. 67 south of Illinois 17 in Viola. The crash resulted in a fire to both the vehicle and house, which sustained heavy damage, according to the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department. The two occupants traveling in the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene by Mercer County Coroner Greg Larson. Their names have not been released pending notification of relatives. The occupants in the residence were uninjured. The mishap occurred shortly before 4 a.m.
The Mercer County Sheriff’s Department was assisted by the Viola Police Department, Illinois State Police, Viola Fire Department, Matherville Fire Department, and Genesis Ambulance.
