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Fatal crash in eastern Madison County

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July 22nd, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office reports that around 10:30-p.m. Tuesday, they received a 911 call reporting a single vehicle crash in the 3000blk of Peru Road or two-miles west of Truro. Responding Deputies located an adult male inside the vehicle that had left the roadway and entered the timber adjacent to the roadway.

The adult male who was the only occupant of the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Madison County Medical Examiner’s Office. The identity of the individual is being withheld until family receives notification.

Deputies are investigating the exact cause of the accident and a medical condition is being considered as a possible cause or contributing factor. Assisting the Madison County Sheriff’s Office at the scene was the Truro and St Charles Fire Departments, Madison County Ambulance and the Madison County Medical Examiner’s Office.