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MACON COUNTY, Ill. (WAND) - A man who was killed in a rural Macon County crash Thursday has been identified. 

Justin D. Cawthon, 20, of Decatur died from severe head and torso trauma, the coroner reports.

Cawthon was killed in a two-vehicle head-on crash at Prairie Valley Rd. and U.S. Route 36 at 3:06 p.m.

Cawthon was the driver of a Toyota passenger car that collided with a Ford pick-up truck.

The driver of the truck was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Cawthon was pronounced dead at the scene.

Illinois State Police are investigating the crash. 

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