Champaign County fatal crash: Mechanicsburg man identified as victim in head-on accident

A Mechanicsburg man has been identified as the victim in a head-on crash in Champaign County.

Douglas C. Schilling, 30, was identified Friday as the person killed in the crash, according to the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash reported at 9:31 a.m. Wednesday on state Route 4 at state Route 56 in Union Twp., southwest of Mechanicsburg.

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Schilling was in a 2010 Ford SUV traveling north on state Route 4 when he crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a semi, a 2020 Volvo traveling in the opposite direction.

Schilling was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the semi was not injured.

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Deputies and fire and EMS crews from Mechanicsburg, Urbana, Central Twp. in Madison County and Pleasant Twp. in Clark County, as well as CareFlight all responded to the crash.

This incident remains under investigation by the sheriff’s and coroner’s offices.

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Brooke Spurlock covers education, crime and more in Clark and Champaign counties as a reporter for the Springfield News-Sun. She has been a writer for over five years, which includes her previous work as a breaking news desk investigator. Spurlock has her bachelor's in mass communications with a minor in psychology and her associates in paralegal.