Macon County Ill. Sheriff Thomas P. Schneider

Upon arrival, deputies located a 2003 Ford sport utility vehicle and a 2009 Ford passenger car, which had collided head on. The driver of the Ford utility vehicle, Richard Rodgers Jr., a 32 year old male from Effingham, was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital where he was being treated for what was initially believed to be life threatening injuries. A 4 year old male passenger in the passenger car was also transported to St. Mary’s Hospital and later air lifted to St. John’s Hospital in Springfield with life threatening injuries. The driver of the Ford passenger car, 34-year-old Justin Baker from Shelbyville, was pronounced deceased on the scene.  OBITUARY of Justin Lee Baker

Justin Lee Baker killed by drunk driver

The 4 year old passenger remains in St. John’s Hospital in Springfield in critical condition. The driver of the sport utility remains in St. Mary’s Hospital in stable condition.

This investigation is still on going by the Macon County Sheriff’s Office Accident Reconstruction Team. Names of the driver of the sport utility and the 4 year old are not being released at this time.

Assisting at the scene was the South Macon Fire Department, Warrensburg Fire Department, Decatur Ambulance Service and Macon County Highway Dept.