URBANA — A third person has died as a result of a crash earlier this month in rural Coles County.

Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup said that Keisha Person, 3, of Mattoon, was pronounced dead at 9:38 p.m. Saturday at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.

Northrup said an inquest may be held at a later date.

He said the death is being investigated by Northrup's office and the state police.

According to a state police report, Sandra Ross, 26, of Mattoon, was driving a 2003 Chevrolet van east on Illinois 316 just west of County Road 1100 E when she passed another vehicle also headed east on the highway at 9:02 a.m. June 1.

After she passed the second vehicle, she lost control of the van and entered the westbound lane of the highway, where she struck a westbound 1988 International semitrailer driven by Jordan F. Pollard, 20, of Charleston, police said.

The report said the truck made contact with the rear passenger side of the van, which overturned and landed in the ditch on the side of the road.

Seven of the eight occupants of the van were ejected from the vehicle, police said. Six of them were taken to Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon, while two of them were taken to Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.

Coles County Coroner Ed Schniers said that one of the passengers in the van, Tanisha Madigan, 12, of Mattoon, was pronounced dead at 9:29 a.m. June 1 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.

Northrup said that Harley Madigan, 15, of Mattoon, was pronounced dead at 12:02 p.m. June 1 at Carle.

The police report said that Pollard did not require any medical treatment.

Police said Ross was ticketed for improper lane usage, not wearing a seat belt, not having a valid driver's license, driving an uninsured vehicle and speeding.