Last updated on April 11, 2024 at 02:22 p.m.
Champaign County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a motor vehicle accident in Somer Township near Thomasboro, Illinois that resulted in the death of 33-year-old Molly Zabinski of Palatine at approximately 8:15 p.m. Sunday night.
“Upon arrival, deputies found an unresponsive person (Zabinski), and immediately started providing CPR,” stated the Champaign County Sheriff in a recent press release.
Zabinksi, heading east, was reported to have entered the westbound lane of Leverett Road “for an unknown reason” when she collided head-on with a passenger car driven by Jordan Robinson, a 21-year-old from Sydney, Illinois.
Four others, including a three-year-old accompanying Zabinski and three individuals from Robinson’s vehicle, were involved in the crash — all of whom sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
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According to the Champaign County Coroner’s Office, “Zabinski was transported to Carle Foundation Hospital Emergency Department in Urbana where she was later pronounced deceased at 8:57 p.m.”
This accident remains under investigation by the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office and the Coroner’s Office.
Following the accident, Zabinski’s family started a fundraiser to support her three-year-old daughter.
