In Memory

It was with great sorrow that Kelsey Stumpf passed away yesterday in a car accident. A former UIS student, many are experiencing the loss of a good friend.


Illinois State Police were releasing few details about the fatal accident that occurred Thursday afternoon north of Lebanon.

The accident involved a car and a semitractor-trailer hauling cars.

The two-vehicle crash occurred about 2 p.m. about 1 1/2 miles north of Lebanon on Illinois 4.

A car lost control and smashed head-on into the semi, police said. The car ended up in a ditch along southbound Illinois 4.

The crash resulted in restricted traffic for several hours on Illinois 4 from U.S. 40 to near Lebanon.

Kelsey was a part of the UIS cheerleading squad last year. She was a great athlete and friend.
It is truly a shock to learn of someone dying so young, I offer my deepest sympathy to her family and all of those mourning her loss.