Equipment falls off pickup trailer, killing Leonard Anderson, 71, and Carolyn Anderson, 68, on US-34 in Galesburg, Illinois

Modified Date: 
Sun, 10/29/2017 - 4:44pm
Accident Date: 
Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Equipment falls off truck causing deadly crash

It happened at approximately 7:14 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Police say a Ford F750 truck was traveling west on US-34 pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with equipment.

As the truck traveled under the overpass at Lincoln Park Drive, the equipment hit the underside of the overpass, knocking it off the trailer onto US-34.

Two Oquawka residents killed in U.S. 34 crash

The Andersons were both from Oquawka. The driver of the Ford truck, a 64 year-old from Mexico, Missouri, suffered minor injuries.

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Leonard Anderson
Carolyn Anderson
Roadway: 
U.S. 34

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