(WAYNE COUNTY, IL) — A traffic accident that occurred on Wednesday night on U.S. Route 45 approximately a half mile south of the Clay-Wayne County Line has claimed the life of a Cisne woman. At 10:37 p.m., 19 year old Cassandra L. Billington was driving a Chevrolet Malibu when for reasons undetermined at this time, the vehicle crossed the northbound lane and exited the roadway to the east, before striking a field culvert and overturning. Billington, who was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, was ejected from the vehicle and subsequently pronounced deceased at the crash scene by the Wayne County Coroner. There were no passengers in the vehicle at the time of the crash.