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20 The Countdown Magazine (8/8/26) 20 The Countdown Magazine
Champaign County woman dies in interstate crash in Effingham County
NEAR EFFINGHAM — On Friday at approximately 4:19 a.m., the Effingham County Sheriff’s Department and the Illinois State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on I-57 southbound, approximately three miles south of Effingham. Officers arrived and found a female deceased in the vehicle.
She was identified as Alyashailyassa Muhammad, 20, of Dewey in rural Champaign County.
Coroner Kim Rhodes and Deputy Coroner Lauren Heuerman responded to the scene.
Preliminary information indicated Muhammad was traveling southbound on I-57 and lost control on the wet roadway and struck the guardrail. There was a very heavy rainfall in that area just before the crash.
Family members were contacted. Law enforcement was advised she was heading to Atlanta, Georgia.
Medical records were requested. Toxicology samples were obtained by the coroner’s office. These results should be available in about three weeks.
Agencies on scene were Effingham County Sheriff’s Department, Illinois State Police, Rural Med EMS, Effingham and Watson fire departments, and the Illinois Department of Transportation.
The case remains under investigation by the Effingham County Coroner’s Office and the Illinois State Police.
Jake Leonard, a broadcast media and journalism veteran, is the editor-in-chief of Heartland Newsfeed. Leonard is also GM and program director of Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network, wrestling editor and contributing writer for Ambush Sports, a contributing writer for My Sports Vote and Midwest Sports Network, and a former contributor to Bleacher Report and Overtime Heroics. He resides at home in Nokomis, Ill. with his dog Buster.
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