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 crash happened around 4:17 a.m. Saturday morning. The wreck occurred near 147thStreet. Illinois state police are still trying to figure out why the operator of a passenger car drove the wrong way on I-57. State police did not say where the driver entered I-57 heading northbound in the southbound lanes or why that driver was headedthe wrong way. State police did not indicate whether alcohol, drugs, fatigue, or age played any role in causing the crash.
Three people went to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. The driver and passenger of the passenger car and the driver of the semi-truck are indeed lucky to be alive. There is no word yet regarding the completion of the Illinois State Police’s investigation or whether they will issue criminal charges for the wrong way driver.
Wrong way driving is a tremendous problem in the U.S. Although the Federal Highway Administration concluded that between 300 and 400 people die in wrong-waycrashes annually, which represents about one percent of the aggregate number of people whodie in car crasheseach year in the U.S., wrong way crashes tend to be very violent. Wrong way crashes are typically head-on or sideswipesthat happen at high speeds.
The State of Illinois devised a comprehensive plan to reduce wrong-waycrashes in 2014. The plan calls for taking measures to eliminate wrong-waydriving. Those measures include better signs, revamped roads, driver education, and reducing behaviors like drunk driving and distracted driving.
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