Diabetes blamed for accident south of Champaign

SAVOY – Former University of Illinois sports announcer Jim Sheppard sustained minor injuries when his car left a road south of Champaign and rolled over Friday afternoon.

Champaign County sheriff's Capt. Tim Voges said Sheppard, 60, of the 1900 block of Ridge Park Drive, Urbana, was driving south on South First Street extended near County Road 1025N about 12:30 p.m. when his car ran off the east side of the road, traveling about 600 feet through a yard.

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