Man dies after SUV hits his buggy from behind

URBANA – Willis A. Miller, 52, died at 6:33 p.m. Friday at Carle Foundation Hospital in the intensive care unit, said Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup.

The rural Arthur man had been driving a horse and buggy at about 8:35 a.m. Wednesday when it was hit from behind by a sport utility vehicle driven by Timothy W. Scheffer, 28, of Atwood.

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