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Ark. woman killed while helping with Ill. crash

Posted August 21, 2011 12:00 am

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FAIRMONT CITY, Ill. — An Arkansas woman has been hit and killed on an Illinois interstate as she stopped to help at a car crash.

Illinois State Police say 52-year-old Polly Cottrell and her husband pulled over on Interstate 55-70 in southern Illinois Friday after seeing a Dodge Charger hit a semi truck.

Police say Cottrell got out of her car just as another vehicle swerved to avoid the accident, and she was struck.

She was pronounced dead at an area hospital. Her husband wasn’t injured.

No charges are expected against the driver who hit her.

The 22-year-old driver of the Dodge is charged with driving under the influence. She also wasn’t injured.

Cottrell and her husband are from Bull Shoals, Ark., and were on their way to visit family in Rockford.

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