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Person dead following single-vehicle crash in Downs

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The victim of a car crash Monday evening near Downs has been identified as 62-year-old Stanley Miller of Crystal Lake, Illinois. Crystal Lake is a northwest Chicago suburb in McHenry County.

According to the McLean County coroner's office, Miller lost control of his vehicle at 8:44 p.m. Monday while driving alone on Illinois Route 150, west of 2325 East Road in Downs. Miller swerved off the roadway and crashed. He was wearing a seatbelt.

Authorities pronounced Miller dead at the scene due to multiple injuries related to the crash. Toxicology test results are not yet available.

Lauren Warnecke is a reporter at WGLT. You can reach Lauren at lewarne@ilstu.edu.