Crash in Beecher City Injures Two

A crash in Beecher City resulted in injuries to two people.

Effingham County Sheriff's Department reports a car driven by 27-year-old Nicole Kessler of Beecher City was westbound on Poplar Street when the crash occurred. Kessler's car crossed into oncoming traffic, ran off the roadway, and struck a tree.

Kessler was injured as was her passenger, one-year-old Kendrick Julius of Beecher City. Both were taken to HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham.

Kessler was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid the crash, failure to properly secure a child in a restraint system, and driving in the wrong lane of traffic.

The crash just west of James Street in Beecher City at 11:43 Friday morning.