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A 24-year-old Harvard man was killed in a crash Saturday in Roscoe, according to a news release from the Winnebago County Coroner’s Office.
The victim, Matthew Jackson, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the release.
The Roscoe Police Department was called about 4:30 p.m. Saturday to the area of McDonald Road and Sage Hen Trail for a reported two car, head-on crash, according to a news release from the department.
Jackson was driving east on McDonald Road “at a high rate of speed” and collided head-on with a vehicle traveling east, according to the coroner’s release.
He was removed from the vehicle and into an ambulance but was deeded “beyond resuscitation,” according to the coroner’s office.
The driver and a passenger in the second vehicle were taken to an area hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, Roscoe police said.
The Roscoe Police Department continues to investigate the crash.