Crime & Safety
Dolton Man, 58, Dies after Chicago Heights Crash
The crash happened Sunday night in Chicago Heights.
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL — A 58-year-old Dolton man died Sunday after a car crash.
Derrick Welch Sr., of the 14600 block of Lakeside Avenue, was involved in a car crash at 14th and State streets in Chicago Heights, CBS reports.
He died at 8:14 p.m. Sunday.
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An autopsy Monday determined he died of blunt force trauma of the head and neck in a motor vehicle crash, and his death was ruled an accident.
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