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1 injured in single-vehicle crash near Ottawa

Driver cited on traffic violations

La Salle County Sheriff's Office

An individual was taken to the hospital with injuries following a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning south of Ottawa.

Bailey Flatness, 24, of Ottawa was the driver of the vehicle involved in the crash at 5:43 a.m. Sunday in the area of North 2401st and North 2450th roads in Ottawa Township, the La Salle County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

Flatness was cited on complaints of failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, failure to wear a seatbelt and operating an uninsured motor vehicle, deputies said.

Maribeth M. Wilson

Maribeth M. Wilson has been a reporter with Shaw Media for two years, one of those as news editor at the Morris Herald-News. She became a part of the NewsTribune staff in 2023.