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UPDATE: One dead after crash on Allen Road in Peoria

UPDATE: One dead after crash on Allen Road in Peoria

UPDATE (11:49 p.m.) -- One person is dead and three including a baby, injured after a two-vehicle head-on collision in Far North Peoria late Thursday. The crash occurred near the intersection of North Allen Road and West Altorfer Drive. That's near a set of train tracks and not far from the Walmart Supercenter. Fire crews were dispatched to the scene after a report of a crash with entrapment at 9:19 p.m., said Battalion Chief Rick Waldron. When firefighters arrived, they found a mid-sized sedan and an SUV had collided head-on in the southbound lane of Allen Road at the intersection with Altorfer. Both vehicles had major head-on damage. The sedan had spun off the road. A person who was in the front-seat passenger seat had died. A passenger in the rear had to be cut out of the car with the "jaws of life." Bystanders at the scene pulled an infant out of the car through a window prior to firefighters arriving. The baby was in the back seat, Waldron said. The SUV was still on the road facing south. There was only one person in the car, the driver, who also had be pulled out of the vehicle. The adults were rushed to a local hospital with critical injuries. The baby was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, according to Waldron. The cause of this incident remains under investigation by the Illinois State Police. PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- Police have responded to a crash at the Intersection of North Allen Road and West Altorfer Drive on Thursday. The intersection is expected to remain closed for several hours while officers investigate a crash and clear the scene, according to a Peoria Police Facebook post. The Illinois State Police are on the scene and are expected to provide more information when it is available. Drivers are encouraged to avoid the area until the intersection reopens. This story will be updated when more information becomes available.

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