Tragic turn - Teen driver’s cousin killed in Illinois wreck
RACINE COUNTY — A Mount Pleasant teen and her family were
celebrating Easter Sunday in Illinois when the chance to drive a
convertible turned tragic.
“It was a beautiful, sunny day out and they just went out for a drive in her aunt’s convertible and an accident happen(ed),” Mount Pleasant resident Stacey Spiering, whose daughter was driving, told The Journal Times by email on Friday.
It was during that drive that Jason W. Manchester, 32, of Racine, was ejected from the car during the single-vehicle rollover crash in a southwestern suburb of Chicago, Will County, Ill., coroner’s officials have said. He was a passenger in the 2002 Ford Thunderbird that day, which was driven by Alexandra Spiering, 17, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office.
Stacey Spiering stated their families had gathered that day at Alexandra’s aunt’s home in New Lenox, Ill., to celebrate Easter.
Her daughter, who received a dislocated arm in the crash, “is going through hell right now” because of that fatal crash, she stated. Her daughter dearly loved Manchester, who was Alexandra’s cousin, she stated.
“Our whole family is grieving the loss of my nephew and the pain that my daughter will live with the rest of her life because she was the driver,” Stacey Spiering wrote in the email.
Preliminary autopsy results showed Manchester suffered multiple injuries that led to his death, according to the coroner’s office.
Manchester wasn’t wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash, but Alexandra Spiering was, Will County sheriff’s officials have said. Alexandra Spiering suffered arm and head injuries, according to the sheriff’s office.
Spiering said her daughter is home from the hospital recuperating.
“They are still investigating that (crash),” Will County sheriff’s spokeswoman Kathy Hoffmeyer said Friday.
No tickets had been issued by Friday and criminal charges have not been filed, she said.
The crash happened at about 4:15 p.m. April 8 on northbound Scheer Road in unincorporated Green Garden Township, sheriff’s officials have said. Alexandra Spiering lost control of the vehicle on loose gravel, the car started to roll and Manchester was thrown from it, according to the sheriff’s office.
Coroner’s officials pronounced him dead at the scene, which was about a half-mile north of Dralle Road, according to the coroner’s office.
Copyright 2012 JournalTimes.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.“It was a beautiful, sunny day out and they just went out for a drive in her aunt’s convertible and an accident happen(ed),” Mount Pleasant resident Stacey Spiering, whose daughter was driving, told The Journal Times by email on Friday.
It was during that drive that Jason W. Manchester, 32, of Racine, was ejected from the car during the single-vehicle rollover crash in a southwestern suburb of Chicago, Will County, Ill., coroner’s officials have said. He was a passenger in the 2002 Ford Thunderbird that day, which was driven by Alexandra Spiering, 17, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office.
Stacey Spiering stated their families had gathered that day at Alexandra’s aunt’s home in New Lenox, Ill., to celebrate Easter.
Her daughter, who received a dislocated arm in the crash, “is going through hell right now” because of that fatal crash, she stated. Her daughter dearly loved Manchester, who was Alexandra’s cousin, she stated.
“Our whole family is grieving the loss of my nephew and the pain that my daughter will live with the rest of her life because she was the driver,” Stacey Spiering wrote in the email.
Preliminary autopsy results showed Manchester suffered multiple injuries that led to his death, according to the coroner’s office.
Manchester wasn’t wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash, but Alexandra Spiering was, Will County sheriff’s officials have said. Alexandra Spiering suffered arm and head injuries, according to the sheriff’s office.
Spiering said her daughter is home from the hospital recuperating.
“They are still investigating that (crash),” Will County sheriff’s spokeswoman Kathy Hoffmeyer said Friday.
No tickets had been issued by Friday and criminal charges have not been filed, she said.
The crash happened at about 4:15 p.m. April 8 on northbound Scheer Road in unincorporated Green Garden Township, sheriff’s officials have said. Alexandra Spiering lost control of the vehicle on loose gravel, the car started to roll and Manchester was thrown from it, according to the sheriff’s office.
Coroner’s officials pronounced him dead at the scene, which was about a half-mile north of Dralle Road, according to the coroner’s office.
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