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Head-on crash kills one

Updated: November 5, 2012
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CASS COUNTY -- Police say a Springfield woman is dead after getting hit by a drunk driver. 23-year-old Yvonne Salay was driving along Illinois Route 125 east of Philadelphia Road when 19-year-old Dalton Jones swerved into her lane. He hit her head on.

She was pronounced dead at the scene. Jones was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. He's facing several charges including DUI and possession of drugs. The accident remains under investigation.

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