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1 dead in car vs semi accident in Warren Co.

One individual is dead and another is in the hospital after a car and semi collided in rural Warren County.

According to a release from the Illinois State Police, at approximately 8:34 p.m. Monday a Chevrolet Colbalt being driven by 32-year-old Benjamin J. Dochterman of Burlington, Iowa, was traveling west on U.S. Route 34 west of 160th Ave.

According to authorities, Dochterman’s Cobalt crossed over the center line into the eastbound lane where a Volvo Truck Tractor was driven by 47-year-old Mohamed Ali of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the two vehicles crashed head-on.

Dochterman was pronounced dead on the scene while a passenger in the Cobalt, 25-year-old Jessica M. Kitch of Galesburg was transported via life-flight to OSF St. Francis in Peoria.

Ali was transported to OSF Holy Family in Monmouth.

Assisting the ISP was the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, Illinois Department of Transportation, GHAS, Kirkwood Fire, Monmouth Fire, and the Warren County Coroner’s Office.

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