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One killed, two injured in accident west of Murphysboro

A Murphysboro man died and a Carbondale woman and her 2-year-old daughter were injured Tuesday afternoon after trying to avoid hitting a deer west of Murphysboro.

Police said Kelley D. Steinmetz, 23, died after he was partially ejected from a Ford Escort and the car rolled on top of him. He was driving west on Highway 149 in a car belonging to Monica R. Dame, 21, who told police she grabbed the steering wheel to help steer out of the way of a deer.

Police said Dame told officers the car went to the opposite side of the road and Steinmetz lost control of it. The vehicle rolled several times.

Dame and her daughter were transported to St. Joseph‚s Hospital in Murphysboro where they were treated and released.

The Jackson County Coroner‚s office will perform toxicology tests and an inquest at a later date.