Francis Martinez, 18, of Des Plaines, and Wolfgang Gustaveson, 19, of Park Ridge, were killed when their truck collided with another truck, Carbondale police said.

Several communities have been left reeling after two students from Chicago’s suburbs were killed in a head-on crash near Southern Illinois University’s Carbondale campus Monday morning. The crash occurred on Illinois Route 51 as the teens were headed to an early-morning class at the school.

Two Southern Illinois University students died Monday morning in a traffic collision less than two miles from the Carbondale campus.

CARBONDALE, IL — Two students at Southern Illinois University died in car crash on Monday morning. Officers from the City of Carbondale Police Department responded to a traffic crash in the 1500 block of North Illinois Avenue on Monday morning around 7:45 a.m.