By Jim Muir
Two Franklin County residents were killed in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of Route 154 and Larry Foster Parkway, located only as short distance west of the Whittington/Sesser exit on Interstate 57.
Franklin County Coroner Marty Leffler said that David B. Couture, 23 of Valier and 19-year-old Christina Marie Bradley, of Christopher, died in the accident that took place shortly before 5 p.m.
Authorities say that Couture was northbound on Larry Foster Parkway and pulled into the path of a semi-truck being driven by Kevin Simpson, of West Frankfort, who was eastbound on Route 154. Simpson’s truck T-boned the Couture van killing the young couple on impact according to Leffler. The force of the collision pushed the van east of the intersection and off the north side of Route 154.
State police handled the accident and the investigation.
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