- TUE FEB 17 2015 ~4:35 PM
DEKALB FIRE DEPARTMENT?
TRUCK CRASH WITH INJURIES
I-99 AND MILE POST 95 DE KALB, IL
REPORT OF A CRASH WITH INJURIES.
SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK REAR-ENDED TWO CARS. SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK AND ONE OF THE CARS VEERED RIGHT INTO THE DITCH. DRIVER IN CAR SERIOUSLY INJURED; AIRLIFTED TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER. NO CONFIRMATION ON WHETHER MORE THAN TWO CARS WERE INVOLVED WITH THE SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK CRASH.
SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK INTO THE DITCH WITH DEBRIS IN THE TWO RIGHT LANES OF WESTBOUND I-88.
EB LANE CLOSURES FOR HELICOPTER AT ABOUT 5:00 PM.
ALL EASTBOUND LANES WERE SHUT DOWN AT ABOUT 5:15 PM.
AT 7:41 PM TRAFFIC WAS STILL BACKED UP TO COUNTY LINE RD (ROUTE 1).
4-5 MILE BACKUP PERSISTS AT 8:30 PM.
PROLONGED ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TEAM AND COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTOR ON SCENE.
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