Cody Bridgewater was just 38 years old when a single-vehicle rollover on Galena Road ended his life. It happened Monday in the 6700 block in Peoria County, Illinois. First responders got the call around 12:20 that afternoon.
They found him already outside the vehicle. He had been thrown clear during the crash. Crews got him to OSF hospital right away. He had no pulse and was not breathing.
Doctors worked on him but could not bring him back. He was pronounced dead at 1:18 p.m. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said the cause was multiple blunt force injuries from the wreck.
Toxicology tests are still pending. That is standard procedure in these cases. Investigators continue looking into what led up to the rollover.
Cody lived an ordinary day that turned into something no one saw coming. One minute the road was just another stretch of pavement. The next it claimed a life.
Friends and family now face the quiet that follows sudden loss. The details stay hard to process. He leaves behind the kind of empty space that hits close to home for anyone who knew him.
People in the area drive that same stretch of Galena Road every day. Moments like this remind folks how fast things can change on a regular Monday afternoon.
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