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Crash in Yorkville sends two to hospital

Two people were transported to Wheaton Franciscan Hospital in Racine after a single-car crash Wednesday night.

According to a press release from the Racine County Sheriff’s Department, the Racine County Communications Center received a 911 call at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night. The driver was traveling southbound on 67th Drive in Yorkville and did not stop for the stop sign at Highway 11.

The car then crashed into a ditch. Both the driver and a 9-year-old male passenger who was seatbelted in the back seat were injured and taken to the hospital.

The sheriff’s department press release said that alcohol appears to have been a factor.

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