Car Accident Kills Bartonville Teen
October 28, 2010
An autopsy is scheduled Thursday on a Bartonville teenager killed in a car accident on I-474 Wednesday night.
It happened just after 8 p.m. Wedneday on East bound I-474 about a quarter mile west of the Airport Road exit.
Authorities say a car driven by Dallas Hunter,16, left the roadway and hit a guard rail.
The passenger, Tyler Knowles,18, of Bartonville, was pronounced dead on the scene.
Authorities say he did appear to be wearing a seatbelt.
The Peoria County Sheriff's office is investigating.
This kid, Tyler, was in my grade in highschool. He had to stay another year, so he was still attending this year. He had some of my classes and a locker just a couple down from mine. I didn’t really know him, but it is really sad to hear of his death. Anni and Ryan came home from school saying that none of the teachers held class today. They said everyone was crying and talking quietly in small groups. A lot of the students started putting papers up on the library wall about hope and sorrow. This tragedy has shaken the school it seems. They told the students that for today, if they leave early, it won’t be an absence counted against them.
I don’t know if Tyler had a relationship with God and it’s so hard to think of those kids from Illini Bluffs that I know don’t. They have nothing but each other to find comfort in. They have no mighty arms to lean on like we did when BJ and Gabriel died. Prayers will surely be needed for that school.
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