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High-speed Freeport crash claims life of 18-year-old driver, child passenger injured

FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — An 18-year-old driver was killed, and a minor child seated in the back seat was injured, after a high-speed crash in Freeport on the Fourth of July.

According to the Freeport Police Department, Eric Francisco-Martinez was traveling at a high rate of speed westbound on Stephenson Street around 5:45 p.m. when he lost control of his Toyota and hit a tree.

Authorities had to extricate Francisco-Martinez from the vehicle and take him to FHN Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

The minor was also taken to a regional hospital for injuries.

The Freeport Police Department is the agency investigating the crash.

Freeport man tries to overtake semi, crashes into oncoming vehicle

STOCKTON, Ill. (WTVO) — A Freeport man was injured Thursday after trying to overtake a semi on U.S. Route 20, and crashing into an oncoming vehicle. According to the Jo Daviess Sheriff's Department, at 7:23 a.m., Yanoris Martinez-Murillo, 19, was headed westbound on U.S. 20 , west of S. Golf…

August 15, 2025

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Pedestrian seriously injured after being struck by SUV in Freeport

FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — A 54-year-old pedestrian has been hospitalized with serious injuries in Freeport after being struck by an SUV driven by an 81-year-old man from Polo. According to the Freeport Police Department, officers were called to the area of West Avenue and Midwest Court around 10:57 a.m. Investigators…

April 23, 2025

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Motorcyclist loses control, fatally struck by BMW in Freeport crash

FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — A 57-year-old motorcyclist has died after he lost control and was struck by a BMW in a Freeport crash Wednesday afternoon. According to the Freeport Police Department, a 57-year-old man from Freeport was driving south on West Avenue around 4:52 p.m. when he lost control of…

April 24, 2025

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