A weekend accident claimed the life of a Mattoon woman. According to the Coles County Sheriff’s Office, 23-year-old Kayla Eggers was ejected from a vehicle that hit a bridge north of Charleston. The driver, 23-year-old Shelby Espe, also of Mattoon, failed to stop at the intersection of Route 130 and County Road 1500 North, went off the roadway, hit the bridge and went into a creek. Espe and another passenger, 23-year-old Andrea Garcia, of Effingham, were taken to Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. Espe faces charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, disobeying a stop sign and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
