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Reported by: WMBD/WYZZ News Staff Wednesday, Oct 21, 2009 @04:52am CDT 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. |