(Clark Co., IL) — A man is pleading guilty to charges stemming from a Clark County crash that left a Coles County Board member and his wife dead last fall. State police say Edwin Pacheco-Meza was driving a van in October on West Lincoln Street when he hit a Ford 150 near South Division Street in Westfield. Two people in the truck, Michael Clayton and Gail Clayton, were pronounced dead at the scene. Pacheco-Meza pleaded guilty on three of five counts yesterday and He received one 16-year and two 10-year sentences, which will be served concurrently.
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