Sterling motorcyclist killed in crash on Moline Road

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STERLING – A 45-year-old Sterling man was killed Saturday afternoon when his motorcycle went off the road and into a ditch, and he was thrown, Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker said in news release Sunday.

Jeremy J. Hall was eastbound at 24163 Moline Road near Troy Road in rural Whiteside County west of Sterling around 2:40 p.m. when the crash occurred, witnesses said.

He was taken to CGH Medical Center, where he died, the release said.

The crash is under investigation.

Among others, Hall is survived by his mother, Shirley “Jean” Hall, his wife, Jackie Hall, and daughter, Jessika Barajas, all of Sterling, sons Ethan Hall of Rock Falls and Jeremy Hall of Dixon, and four grandchildren.

Visitation begins at 8:30 a.m. and the funeral at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Kathleen Schultz

Kathleen A. Schultz

Kathleen Schultz is a Sterling native with 40 years of reporting and editing experience in Arizona, California, Montana and Illinois.