(EFFINGHAM) The investigation continues into a traffic accident that occurred at around 10:00 this past Friday night just over three miles east of Sailor Springs along Bucktown Lane just east of County Road 2175. The Illinois State Police report 12 year old Caide Weidner was thrown from a side-by-side ATV and with head injuries was transported to the Clay County Hospital in Flora and then transferred by helicopter to a St. Louis, Missouri hospital, where he passed away Sunday afternoon. The ISP was assisted on scene by Clay County Rescue personnel, the Clay City Fire Department, and the Clay County Sheriff’s Department. The funeral services for the North Clay Grade School student are pending in Louisville.
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