ST. JOSEPH, ILL. (AP) -- Most sports events at an eastern Illinois high school are canceled this week after the school's cheerleading coach died in an accident.
Authorities say St. Joseph-Ogden High School coach Tammy Walsh died Saturday after being hit by a falling utility pole on a football field in nearby Jamaica.
The pole fell in a chain reaction that started with a driver hitting a guy-wire attached to another pole in a parking lot.
Vermilion County Coroner Peggy Johnson says an autopsy is planned.
The accident injured the 36-year-old Walsh's teenage son and her father-in-law.
The son, Dalton Walsh, is in fair condition at an Urbana hospital.
The father-in-law was treated for less-serious injuries.
St. Joseph is about 12 miles east of Champaign.
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