By Bill Napper
STAUNTON - Family and friends are mourning the death of a young man from Staunton after an early Sunday morning, single-vehicle crash on Route 4.
Melvin L. Young, 22, was pronounced dead at 12:55 a.m. by the Madison County Coroner.
It was reported that Young lost control of a 1986 Ford Taurus while he was driving north on Route 4.
Young was alone in the car at the time of the crash.
The Illinois State Police are investigating the accident. The toxicology tests are pending, and a coroner's inquest will be convened at a later date.
Funeral services will be held at Williamson Funeral Home in Staunton on March 5 at 10 a.m.
His obituary appears in this week’s paper.