25 Year Old Dies in Traffic Accident

LEXINGTON – A Livingston County mother is dead, and her infant daughter injured in a two vehicle crash near Lexington.    McLean County Coroner Kathy Davis says they received a call of a vehicle fatality on I-55 near Lexington around 6:30 Friday evening.  The coroner says that 25 year old Kaitlyn M. Erdman, of Chenoa, died from head injuries received as a result of her car colliding with a semi tractor trailer truck.   The only other occupant in the car was Edelman’s infant daughter, and she was treated and released from a local hospital.
The coroner says that Edelman was wearing a seat belt, and the incident is still under investigation by the coroner’s office and Illinois State Police.