Storm-related wrecks kill 6 in Illinois

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Dec 2, 2008 at 12:50 PM EDT

Story Updated: Dec 2, 2008 at 5:07 PM EDT

(AP) — At least six people died on Illinois roads left slick with snow and ice after this week's winter storm.

The dead included a central Illinois couple, 83-year-old Harold Cotter and 79-year-old Inez Cotter of Mackinaw. They died Monday after their car slid into another vehicle about 10 miles southeast of Peoria.

In DeKalb, Mary Heidkamp and Sara Conway died after their car slid into the path of a tractor-trailer. The Chicago women were both 70.

In Champaign, 32-year-old Vernita Hubbard of Champaign was killed when her car slid into a truck.

And 21-year-old Dameris Bagwell of Bloomington died near Lincoln when her car slid in front of an oncoming truck.

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