MACON COUNTY, Ill. (WAND) - A driver who died after suffering a medical condition behind the wheel and crashing has been identified as a teacher at Stephen Decatur Middle School.
Deputies responded at 7:35 p.m. Sunday to the intersection of Illinois Route 121 and Kenney Road to the single vehicle crash.Â
The driver, 56-year-old Mark Richert, was the only person in the vehicle.
The coroner determined the medical condition was the cause of death and not the crash.Â
Richert was a PE teacher and the athletic director at Stephen Decatur Middle School.
The school posted a tribute to him on its Facebook page.
Mark Richert
