EDWARDSVILLE — A 64-year-old Wood River man faces three counts of first-degree murder stemming from a traffic crash during a police chase in Granite City over the weekend that killed three people.
Kevin Duane Johnson faces three counts of the Class M felony murder charge; three counts of reckless homicide, a Class 2 felony; and four counts of aggravated fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer, a Class 4 felony. Prosecutors charged him after the Illinois State Police presented the case Monday in Madison County Circuit Court.
A State Police news release said officers with the Granite City Police Department observed a 2018 Chevrolet pickup truck driving erratically westbound on Pontoon Road at Maryville Road in Granite City about 4:21 p.m. on Saturday. An officer began a pursuit, but the vehicle continued westbound, running through a stop sign at the intersection of Pontoon Road and Wabash Avenue and striking a vehicle containing the victims…