WILLIAMSON COUNTY, IL — The names of two people killed in that fatal traffic accident Thursday afternoon in Williamson County have been released.

According to the Williamson County Coroner’s Office, they are 82-year-old Delbert Allen of Carterville and 32-year-old Rachel Sanders of Royalton.

Allen was driving her car east on Herrin Road at Cundiff Cemetery Road when she crossed the center line and struck the vehicle Sanders was driving west head-on. Sanders’ vehicle was hit again by a vehicle traveling behind it resulting in a fire.

Allen and Sanders were both pronounce dead at the scene. Autopsies were scheduled for Friday.

The crash remains under investigation by the Williamson County Coroner’s Office, Williamson County Sheriff’s Office and Illinois State Police Crash Reconstruction