Information provided by Whiteside County Sheriff
The names of the victims involved in the fatal crash Friday morning on U.S. Rt. 136, in rural Fulton have been released. Killed was the driver 71 year old Stephen E. Higdon and his wife 70 year old Catherine S. Higdon. She was was in the front passenger seat.
Both victims were thrown from the eastbound vehicle after it rolled over just west of Sand Road. The couple were residents of Morrison and had previously lived in Fairfield, Iowa.
Stephen Higdon was a Minister in Fairfield for many years.
The traffic crash remains under investigation by the Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office.
