Crime & Safety
Woodridge Teen, National Guard Private Dies After Car Accident
Joshua Anderson, 19, wasn't wearing seat belt, police say.
A 19-year-old Woodridge teen and a private in the Illinois Army National Guard died last Saturday from injuries sustained in a single-car accident, according to the Downers Grove Reporter.
Joshua Anderson passed away at Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.
The accident took place July 8, the article said, when Anderson's 2009 Hyundai Sonata drove off the side of the road, spun out into a ditch and hit a tree, according to Illinois State Police Trooper Ryan Wilson.
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"Anderson was not wearing a seat belt and the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed before impact, according to Wilson," the article said.
Joshua Anderson graduated from Downers Grove South in 2010. He enlisted in the Illinois Army National Guard following graduation and "recently completed basic training as well as advanced individual training in May 2011, according to the National Guard," the article said.
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He held the rank of private in the 631st Engineer Company based in Lawrenceville.
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