On Saturday, June 3, 2023, Whiteside County Deputies responded to a single-vehicle traffic crash, on Illinois Route 40 north of Fulfs Road, in rural Sterling, IL, at 5:20 a.m., where a vehicle had struck a tree. Deputies arrived on scene; the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames. The male driver of the vehicle was pronounced deceased.
Deputies were assisted at the scene by Sterling Fire Department, CGH Ambulance, and Whiteside County Coroner Joe McDonald.
The victim from the fatal crash has been identified by the Whiteside County Coroner’s Office as 18-year-old Mario E. Toney of Dixon, IL.