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19-year-old Granville man dies in Cedar Point crash

Woman injured in crash

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A Granville man died and a woman was injured in a single-vehicle rollover crash Thursday near Cedar Point.

Joel J. Rangel was identified as the man who died by La Salle County Coroner Rich Ploch in a news release sent Friday.

Ploch said authorities were called to North 23rd and East First roads near Cedar Point. There, a car overturned, and two occupants were ejected from the vehicle.

“A female occupant was transferred from the scene to a hospital for treatment,” Ploch said in the release. “The other male occupant was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:20 a.m.”

A forensic investigative autopsy was conducted, with preliminary results indicating that the man died of injuries from the crash.

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