DANVILLE, ILLINOIS MAN DIES AFTER HIS CAR IS INVOLVED IN SEMI TRUCK CRASH
A Danville, Illinois man is dead after he was involved in an Auto Accident with a Semi Truck. The Semi Truck Crash happened Monday on United States Interstate 74 just west of Champaign.
As reported by The News-Gazette in the article, "Danville Man Died from Multiple Injuries in I-74 Crash," the Champaign County Coroner did an autopsy on Danville's Edward Hughes and concluded that he died from several injuries sustained in the Semi Truck/Car Accident. The coroner added that the 43-year old might have suffered some sort of medical issue at the time of the accident. Illinois State Police are still trying to figure out why Hughes drove his car across Interstate 74 into on-coming traffic which resulted in a collision with a semi truck. The tractor trailer's driver was taken to a local Illinois hospital, treated and released. No word if that driver suffered any Work Comp related injuries. Illinois authorities are still awaiting the results of toxicology tests performed on Hughes.
Unfortunately, large trucks are involved in dozens of deadly vehicle accidents every year in Illinois. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2009 in Illinois, 90 large trucks were involved in fatal auto crashes. That accounted for 6.9% of all Illinois deadly vehicle crashes that year.
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