PEORIA - An 18-year-old Pekin girl is brain dead. She was in a single-vehicle crash during a police pursuit over the weekend.

The Peoria County Coroner says Ashlyn Payne was involved in the crash on Route 29, just north of Route 6 last Friday night just before 10:00 p.m.

Peoria county sheriff's deputies were chasing the car driven by  18-year-old Jamie Duhs. Duhs is in critical condition at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center.
 
The details as to why authorities were chasing the girls have not yet been released.