The victims have been identified in two weekend motorcycle accidents.
Vermilion County Coroner Jane McFadden said 35 year old Jeremy Irons of Danville died in an accident that also sent his passenger to the hospital. She also identified 63 year old Rick Mockbee of Potomac as the fatality in the other Sunday crash.
Witnesses told Vermilion county deputies that Irons motorcycle was traveling at a high rate of speed on Poland Road some two miles east of Danville. The motorcycle was attempting to pass a vehicle that was beginning to turn left. The motorcycle hit the side of the vehicle throwing both the driver and passenger off of the motorcycle. Irons was taken to the Danville hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His passenger was taken to an Urbana hospital for treatment. Her name has not been released. The driver of the other vehicle did not require hospital treatment.
McFadden said that Mockbee died in an accident on 28220 N 900 East Road in rural Potomac. Autopsies are scheduled for both victims. The accidents are under investigation by police and the Vermilion County Coroner’s office.
