NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
February 22, 2023
CARBONDALE – On 02-20-23 at 8:20 P.M., City of Carbondale police officers responded to the 100 block of West Walnut Street regarding a traffic crash involving a car and a pedestrian. The pedestrian was transported to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale with non-life-threatening injuries. The investigation into the cause of the crash is active and ongoing. No information about the involved parties is being released at this time.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the City of Carbondale Police Department at (618) 549-2121. You may also call the Carbondale/SIU Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (618) 549-COPS (2677) or the Murphysboro/Jackson County anonymous tip line at (618) 687-COPS (2677). Anonymous tips may also be made by selecting the “Crime Stoppers” tab on this website’s main page. Please help yourself, along with your county, its communities, and the university campus by using these numbers if you witness or have any information about a crime. Cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest are also made anonymously. Remember, crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does!
The mission of the Carbondale Police Department is to work in partnership with our community to preserve life, protect human rights, protect property and improve quality of life by providing police service to all in a fair, sensitive, and professional manner.