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Illinois Woman Dies in Alleged Drunk Driving Accident in Mattoon

A Mattoon woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident in Coles County, Illinois, this week that police believe involved drugs and alcohol. The man who allegedly caused the crash was days from beginning a six-year prison term.
 
According to local news reports and the Illinois State Police, 28-year-old Devin Daily was on a week-long furlough before starting a multiple-year jail sentence for burglary at the time of the accident, which took place on Saturday night at just after 10 p.m. Daily has been charged with failing to stop at a stop sign, driving while under the influence of drugs and alcohol, driving with a revoked license, failure to avoid an accident by reducing speed, failure to wear a seatbelt, possession of drug paraphernalia, and possession of drugs.
 
After Daily ran the stop sign, his vehicle slammed into a car driven by 65-year-old Shirley Graham of Mattoon. She was killed in the Illinois car accident. Daily was injured in the car wreck and taken to Carle Hospital by ambulance for treatment. Days after the crash, He was transferred to Coles County Jail.
 
Coles County Assistant State's Attorney Rob Scales told reports that he will always regret his decision to release Devin Daily before he started his jail sentence.
 
The Illinois car accident attorneys at Keller & Keller LLP send their condolences to the family, friends, and loved ones of Shirley Graham.

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