RANTOUL, Ill. (WCIA) — A Rantoul woman is dead following an early morning car accident on Sunday.
According to Champaign County Coroner Stephen Thuney, 54-year-old Julie A. Wargolet, of Rantoul, died after sustaining injuries in a single vehicle crash.
Thuney said that the preliminary investigation indicates that Wargolet’s car left the road before rolling and stopping in a plowed field south of 1400 East and 2700 North in rural Rantoul.
Wargolet was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident at 7:21 a.m. on Nov. 3.
The death is under investigation by the Champaign County Coroner’s Office and the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office, and an autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
WCIA reached out to the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office for more information and is waiting to hear back.