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COBDEN, IL (KFVS) - One man is in the hospital and another in jail after an unusual DUI related incident in Union County.
It happened just south of Cobden on Old Highway 51 just after 7 p.m. Saturday night.
Union County deputies say 26-year-old Zachary Weber of Albion, Illinois was a passenger in a Jeep when he apparently fell out of it while it was driving down the road.
Investigators say the driver of that Jeep, 22-year-old Patrick Dee of Mt. Carmel drove it off the road. When police arrived, they say Dee was intoxicated.
Weber suffered serious injuries and was taken to a Carbondale hospital. Dee was sited for driving under the influence of alcohol and taken to jail.
Both Weber and Dee are students at Southern Illinois University.
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