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Wisconsin Badgers wrestler Eli Stickley dies in Illinois car crash

University of Wisconsin wrestler Eli Stickley died in a car crash Thursday night in Illinois.

Stickley, 21, was driving a 2004 black Nissan Frontier that left the roadway on westbound Interstate 74 in Henry County, according to the Illinois State Police.

After the vehicle went into the right-hand ditch, it overcorrected and rolled across westbound lanes of traffic, the state police said, ending up on the passenger side in the passing lane.

Stickley and a passenger were transported to Illini Hospital in Silvis, Illinois, according to the Rock Island Dispatch-Argus, where Stickley was pronounced dead.