A Rantoul man has died in a crash in Miami County. The Miami County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a car in a field off 379th Street west of 169 highway late Monday afternoon,December 5th, and that the driver was unresponsive. When deputies arrived, they were able to gain access to the vehicle and remove the driver, 73-year-old Kay Bluei of Rantoul. Deputies began CPR but were unable to revive him.
After a preliminary investigation, Bluie’s pickup truck was traveling west on 379th Street when it gradually went off the road to the right, went through a fence and into a tree. The vehicle was 50 yards off the roadway and Bluie was the only occupant. The sheriff’s department says a prior medical condition may have played a factor in the crash and it continues to be investigated.
