Grundy County Coroner John Callahan announced Sunday that Morris pastor and Grundy County Board member Caleb Counterman died after a car accident early Sunday morning.
Callahan said Counterman and a passenger were traveling east on East Pine Bluff Road when the vehicle struck a patch of ice, lost control and rolled over. Counterman was ejected from the vehicle.
Wilmington Fire Protection District paramedics took Counterman to Morris Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:32 a.m.
This incident remains under investigation by the coroner’s office and the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office.
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