Storm-related wrecks kill 6 in Illinois

At least six people died on Illinois roads left slick with snow and ice after this week's winter storm.

The dead included a central Illinois couple, 83-year-old Harold Cotter and 79-year-old Inez Cotter of Mackinaw. They died Tuesday after their car slid into another vehicle about 10 miles southeast of Peoria.

In DeKalb, Mary Heidkamp and Sara Conway died after their car slid into the path of a tractor-trailer. The Chicago women were both 70.

In Champaign, 32-year-old Vernita Hubbard of Champaign was killed when her car slid into a truck.

And a 21-year-old Bloomington woman died near Lincoln when her car slid in front of an oncoming truck.