Head-On Crash Kills Man

Olney – A 37-year-old man was killed Thursday night when his car swerved into the lane of an oncoming tractor-trailer rig.

Terry L. Hayes of Dundas in northern Richland County, was driving north about 6 miles north of Olney on Illinois 130. His car went into the south-bound lane and hit the rig head-on. The accident happened around 10:50 p.m. Thursday.

The driver of the tractor-trailer rig, Edward Hayes, 44 of Xenia, Illinois was not injured. The men are not believed to be related.

Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) – Saturday, April 1, 1989

Terry Lee Hayes, 37, Rt. 1, Dundas, died Thursday March 30, 1989 on Route 130 north of Olney, in a traffic accident.

There were no services. The body was cremated.

Mr. Hayes was born June 21, 1951 in Olney, the son of Donald and Marie (Thomas) Hayes.

He was a roughneck in the oil field. He attended East Richland High School. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and served in the army from August 1968 until August 1974.

Surviving are two brothers, Robert Hayes, Washington, D.C. and Steven Hayes, Olney; a sister-in-law, Kayla Hayes, Olney; his parents of Dundas; a grandmother, Ann Severs, Kissimmee, Fla.; nephews, Johnny Hayes, Olney and Kenneth Hayes, Virginia; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL)