Authorities have identified 66-year-old Richard A. Thoennes of Bloomington as the victim of a fatal single-vehicle crash Wednesday morning.
Thoennes was driving near Center Street and Oakland Avenue around 11:30 a.m. when his truck veered off the road and struck a tree. He was found unconscious and later pronounced dead at 12:15 p.m. at Carle BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.
A passenger in the vehicle sustained non-life-threatening injuries, according to a joint statement from the Bloomington Police Department and McLean County Coroner’s Office.
A preliminary autopsy suggests Thoennes died from ischemic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease, likely causing a sudden fatal arrhythmia while driving. Toxicology results are pending. The McLean County Accident Reconstruction Team is assisting in the investigation.
