February 9 Auto Crash Fatality

On Wednesday, February 9, 2020, around 7:15 a.m., Whiteside County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to Dixon Avenue at Holland Creek, Rock Falls, IL, for a vehicle submerged in the Howland Creek.  Deputies arrived on scene and were able to determine a passenger vehicle was traveling eastbound on Dixon Avenue, when the vehicle left the roadway.  It struck a utility pole in the north ditch.  After shearing the utility pole the vehicle came to rest on its top in the creek.  Deceased inside the vehicle was 17-year-old Amarion Green of Sterling, IL. The crash remains under investigation, and an autopsy is set.  Deputies were assisted at the scene by Rock Falls Police, Rock Falls and Sterling Fire Departments, Whiteside Coroner, and Slim and Hank’s Towing.  Sheriff John Booker offers thoughts and prayers to the family of Amarion Green.