Victims name released in fatal Rock Island accident [Video]

UPDATE: According to the Rock Island County Coroner’s office, Steven Aeschliaman, 40, of East Peoria was killed in the accident. The cause of death has not been released, pending further investigation. The case remains an open and active investigation by the Rock Island Police Department and the Rock Island County Coroner’s Office.

A 40-year-old man was killed Thursday after being struck by a car in Rock Island.

On Thursday, May 2, 2024 at approximately 8:25 p.m., Rock Island Police responded to a crash involving a Chevrolet Impala and a pedestrian in the 1400 block of 1st Avenue (Illinois 92). Preliminary information indicates that the vehicle was traveling eastbound on 1st Avenue when it struck the male pedestrian, who was walking along the south side of 1st Avenue just west of the Stanley Talbot Memorial (Centennial) Bridge, police said Friday.

Rock Island Fire Department personnel arrived on scene and transported both …