UTICA, IL- Newstrib.com reports that a semi-truck rolled over on Interstate 80 at around 4:46 in the morning on Friday, October 5, 2018. The driver of the truck refused to be transported to the hospital via ambulance. The driver of the vehicle, 55-year-old Austin Castleberry of Chicago, is facing several charges in relation to the…
Continue reading…Semi-Truck Driver Charged for Causing Crash Involving Three Trucks in Salem, Illinois
SALEM, Ill. — Troopers assigned to the Illinois State Police responded to the scene of a crash on I-57 southbound involving three tractor-trailer trucks. The multi-vehicle accident occurred on Thursday, September 6, 2018, in an area located south of Salem according to FoxIllinois.com. State police officers conducted a brief investigation and determined one of the drivers…
Continue reading…Crash on Interstate 88 Severely Injures Naperville Man
NAPERVILLE, IL- The chicagotribune.com reports that a man from Naperville was hospitalized following a three-vehicle crash that was caused by a semi-truck. The crash took place on September 5, 2018,at about 6:15 p.m. when a westbound semi-truck struck the back of an SUV and another vehicle on I-88 close to Route 59. The driver of…
Continue reading…Semi-Truck Rolls Over on Interstate 72 in Piatt County, Illinois
PIATT COUNTY, IL- Foxillinois.com writes that a rollover crash involving a semi-truck took place on Interstate 72 on Tuesday,September 4, 2018. The crash occurred close to exit 169 at about 1:49 p.m. The truck was pulling a trailer and was on the exit ramp to White Heath. Reports indicate that the truck traveled too far…
Continue reading…Man Dies in Fatal Two-Car Accident in St. Joseph, Missouri
JOSEPH, Missouri — A man from Skokie, Illinois died in a two-car crash in Royalton Township, Missouri according to heraldpalladium.com. Police say neither driver wore a seatbelt at the time of the crash. The fatal collision happened around 6:00 a.m. on Monday, August 27, 2018, on I-94. The Berrien County Sheriff’s Office reported that the…
Continue reading…Crash Between Semi-Trucks Shuts Down I-280 in Milan, Illinois
MILAN, Illinois— Three semi-trucks collided on I-280 near the Quad City Airport and forced law enforcement officers to shut the road down for a lengthy period of timeon Tuesday, August 28, 2018. According to wqad.com troopers from the Illinois State Police could not re-open the roaduntil 3:30 p.m. even though the accident happened in the early…
Continue reading…One Person Charged In Connection With I-280 Accident in Milan, Illinois
MILAN, Illinois — Illinois State Police troopers investigating the collision between three tractor-trailer trucks charged one of the drivers with several crimes connected with the incident according to KWQC.com. State Police indicated that the drivers involved only minor injuries. The collision forced State Police to close I-280 westbound initially and then in both directions for…
Continue reading…Accident Caused by Mack Truck Sends Three to Hospital in Kankakee, Illinois
KANKAKEE, Illinois — Three people suffered what police described as minor injuries in a vehicle crash which preliminarily to have been caused by the driver of a Mack truck according to the Daily Journal. The wreck took place at the intersection of Route 115 and Lehigh Road around 1:30 p.m. on Monday, August 27, 2018. Further…
Continue reading…Crash on I-70 Involved Two Semi-Trucks in Effington County, Illinois
EFFINGHAM COUNTY, IL- The effinghamdailynews.com reports that Interstate 70 was shut down in both directions on Tuesday, August 21, 2018,after a collision between two semi-trucks. The crash took place in the eastbound lanes. Emergency responders were seen working to extract someone from one of the trucks. A medical helicopter was on site as well.* Accidents involving semi-trucks…
Continue reading…Three People Lucky To Be Alive After Wrong-Way Crash in Sibley, Illinois
CHICAGO — The driver of a semi-truck and two other people escaped death Saturday, August 25,2018, in a wrong way collision in Sibley, just south of Chicago according to NBCChicago.com. Illinois state police troopers reported that the operator of vehicledrove northbound in the southbound lanes. The wrong way driver slammed into the semi-truck. This potentially catastrophic…
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