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…

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…

NAPERVILLE, IL. – (chicago.suntimes.com) As reported online by chicago.suntimes.com, a trucker from Georgia crashed into three vehicles August 19 on an interstate in Illinois. The wreck resulted in serious injuries to an 11-year-old child.* The crash occurred at approximately 10:45 a.m. on August 19 on Interstate 88 in Naperville, Illinois. A press release from Illinois…

(Go By Truck News) Go By Truck News reports the results of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Brake Safety Day, which occurred earlier this year, on April 25. Forty-one states and eleven Canadian provinces participated in the effort, conducting a total of over eleven thousand roadside inspections on commercial vehicles. As the result of those inspections,…

ILLINOIS- The effinghamdailynews.com reports that a collision between two tractor-trailers took place on Interstate 70 on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. One witness, Tim Cote, was driving behind the trucks in the eastbound lanes of I-70 when the crash happened. Cote reported seeing a “ball of fire.” At that point, Cote stopped his own truck and…

PONTIAC, IL- The pontiacdailyleader.com reports that a semi-truck collided with a passenger vehicle on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at a little before 8 a.m. at the intersection of North Street and Locust Street. The collision occurred when the driver of thetruck James Jorgensen, 47, was driving west when he reportedly ignored the yield sign on…

CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL- The nwitimes.com reports that two semi trucks and another vehicle were involved in a crash on Ill. 394 on Thursday, July 26, 2018, at about 2:20 p.m. The collision closed the southbound lanes into Thursday evening as emergency crews cleared the scene. One individual was transportedto Advocate Christ Hospital via airlift. The…

ELWOOD, IL- According to wjol.com, a semi-truck was involved in an intersection collision at Elwood International Port Road and Arsenal Road. The accident occurred around 6:23 a.m.on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. The crash occurred when the semi, which was traveling south on Elwood International Port Road, ran through a red traffic light at the intersectionwith…

Princeton, Illinois (News Tribune) According to a report from The News Tribune, a chain-reaction accident on Interstate 80 was caused by a tractor-trailer that was hauling approximately three thousand pounds more beans than it is legally able to carry. The driver of the semi received multiple citations after the wreck, including failure to reduce speed,…