Four injured after head on collision, Saturday evening

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Brian Munoz

A juvenile passanger is loaded into an ambulance after a Blue Chevrolet Equinox XT collided with a gray Mazda 6 Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, on the corner of South Illinois street and Saluki Drive. (Brian Munoz | @BrianMMunoz)

By Staff Report

– UPDATED 10:05PM –

City of Carbondale police are investigating a two vehicle, head-on collision on the corner of south Illinois street and Saluki drive, Saturday evening.

A blue Chevrolet Equinox CT collided with a gray Mazda 6 on the 1900 block of S. Illinois Ave, according to press release sent by Carbondale Police.

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A southbound vehicle struck another vehicle stopped in the center turn lane, waiting to turn westbound onto Saluki Dr. from northbound S. Illinois Ave, according to the release.

Four people were transported to Memorial Hospital in Carbondale for treatment, according to Acray.

The driver, and sole occupant, of the southbound vehicle was transported from the scene by the Jackson County Ambulance Service and is in stable condition.

The three occupants of the other vehicle were also transported from the scene by Jackson County Ambulance Service.

Two of the three are in stable condition, according to the release.

Police ask anyone with information to call  the City of Carbondale Police Department at (618) 457-3200 or Crime Stoppers at (618) 549-COPS (2677).

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

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