The unexpected dust storm and resulting chain crash that happened on May 1st has resulted in an 8th death.

The Sangamon County Coroners office says 81 year Ruth Rau of Sorento in Bond County was a passenger in a motor vehicle that crashed on Interstate 55 in Montgomery County that morning.

Mrs. Rau was transported by EMS from the scene of the incident to HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield.

Coroner say she died yesterday evening from multiple blunt force injuries sustained in the crash.

The death remains under investigation by the Sangamon County Coroner and the Illinois State Police.