(Mattoon, IL) — A weekend crash involving a Mattoon Police sergeant is under investigation. It happened Saturday afternoon around 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of Sixth Street and Charleston Avenue in Mattoon. The sergeant involved in the crash was responding to a fire with his vehicle’s lights and sirens on when he hit another vehicle driving through the intersection. A preliminary investigation by the Coles County Sheriff’s Office indicates that neither the sergeant nor the other driver could see clearly due to other vehicles that were stopped in the road.
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