By Bruce A. Fasol
A 25-year-old West Frankfort woman has been identified as the victim of an early morning fatal accident in Johnston City.
Allyson Jo Russell was the driver of a vehicle that left the roadway near Water Street in Johnston City early Sunday morning. Her vehicle went into a flooded area and was swept away, according to authorities. The Southern Illinois area was deluged by heavy rains during the weekend and many counties in the region were under a flash flood advisory.
Dive teams were called in from multiple area agencies to recover the body. The accident is believed to have occurred just before 3 a.m. on Sunday morning. An invesitigation continmues into the incident.The invesitgation is being headed by the williamson county coroner’s Office and Williamson County Sheriff’s Office.
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