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Associated Press - July 4, 2009 8:14 PM ET
ROANOKE, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man was killed and three people were injured after a car drove into a crowd at a fireworks show.
Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll says 60-year-old Steven Hodel of Roanoke died Friday after attending the village's fireworks show.
2 of the injured were transported to an area hospital. Ingersoll says Hodel's wife, Joyce, was 1 of those injured.
She was reported in fair condition.
The Woodford County Sheriff's Department is investigating the accident.
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