Former newspaper photographer dies in McLean County car-bicycle crash

MCLEAN COUNTY (25News Now) – A former Bloomington Pantagraph photographer is useless after a driver hit him whereas he was bicycling Saturday in rural McLean County.

McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder revealed an post-mortem displaying that the person, 57-year-old Lloyd Young of Boston, Massachusetts, died from a number of blunt accidents he suffered within the collision. As is typical in such conditions, the toxicology outcomes are pending.

Just earlier than 3 p.m. Saturday, McLean County deputies have been referred to as to 500 East and 1950 North roads for a report of a 54-year-old girl driving a 2017 Nissan sedan when she hit Young on his bicycle.

Young was taken to Carle BroMenn Medical Center emergency room in Normal the place Yoder pronounced him useless at 3:33 p.m.

Young’s former coworkers mentioned he was a Pantagraph photographer. More lately, Young was an image editor at The Boston Globe, in line with that newspaper’s website.

The McLean County Sheriff’s Office and the McLean County Coroner will proceed to analyze the lethal collision.

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