FATAL DUMP TRUCK CRASH BLOCKING ALL LANES OF I-57 AT ROUTE 83 NEAR POSEN, MARKHAM

    SAT JUL 19 2014 ~9:30 AM
    POSEN FIRE DEPARTMENT?
    TRUCK CRASH ON EXPRESSWAY
    SB I-57 AT IL-83 NEAR POSEN

    DUMP TRUCK CRASH CARRYING DIRT* BLOCKING ALL LANES. THE DUMP TRUCK APPARENTLY ROLLED OVER AFTER STRIKING A CONCRETE MEDIAN AND QUICKLY BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE CAB WAS FULLY ENGULFED WITH FIRE.

    THE DRIVER WAS TRAPPED IN THE BURNING TRUCK AND WAS KILLED AT THE SCENE. THE DRIVER WAS IDENTIFIED AS NAPOLEON BREWER, AGE 75.
    ALL SOUTHBOUND LANES WERE SHUTDOWN BY 11:30 AM AND WERE NOT RE-OPENED UNTIL ABOUT 3:00 PM.

    SEVERE SKID MARKS FROM TIRES SHOW AN ARC TO THE LEFT ACROSS TWO LANES AND THE LEFT SHOULDER INTO THE CENTER MEDIAN.

    GOOGLE MAP TRAFFIC ALERT:
    CLOSED ON I-57 AT IL-83
    INCIDENT EVENT TYPE. MAJOR EVENT SEVERITY. ALL LANES AND SHOULDERS CLOSED.
    STARTED: JUL 19, 2014, 9:15AM
    EXPECTED TO END: JUL 19, 2014, 10:45AM

    *NUMEROUS MEDIA SOURCES ARE REPORTING THAT GRAVEL HAD SPILLED ON THE SOUTHBOUND LANES, BUT A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE DUMP TRUCK WAS CARRYING DIRT.

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