FATAL TRUCK CRASH IN HIGHLAND, ILLINOIS
A fatal truck crash on Interstate 70 in the Highland, Illinois area occurred about 7:00 a.m. on August 9, 2010 involving three tractor-trailers and a pickup truck. Sadly, a fire started in a 2000 Freightliner truck and semi-trailer and the driver and a passenger trapped inside were killed.
According to the Illinois State Police, prior to the fatal crash, there was a crash about ten minutes earlier involving a tractor trailer that lost its food products cargo. The State Police report said a Kenworth truck was stopped in the right lane of westbound I-70 at milepost 29 because of the prior crash. A pickup truck was stopped behind the Kenworth truck and another Kenworth truck was to the rear of the pickup truck.
For unknown reasons, the Freightliner failed to stop and struck the rear of the second Kenworth truck and caused a pile-up.
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