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State Trooper injured when vehicle in Governor Bruce Rauner's motorcade crashes into semi-trailer on Interstate 55 in Countryside, Illinois

Date: 
Monday, March 23, 2015
Area: 
Chicago, IL

At around 8:15 a.m., the Illinois State Police Executive Protection Unit officers were involved in a routine movement of Governer Rauner when one of the vehicles in the motorcade was involved in a traffic accident. One of the tail vehicles lost control and struck the rear axle of a semi-trailer. The trooper traveling in the vehicle was taken to a local hospital and was treated and released. The governor's vehicle was not involved in the crash.

Erin Jenkins-Nabe, 32, dies after her car becomes wedged under a tractor trailer on Interstate 55 in St. Louis County, Missouri

Date: 
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Area: 
St. Louis, MO
According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Erin Jenkins-Nabe, 32, was driving on I-55 near Butler Hill Road around 10:40 p.m. Tuesday when the rear tires on her car blew out. As she tried to leave the roadway, her car became wedged underneath a tractor trailer, and she was pronounced dead at the accident scene.  

Elva Figueroa, 46, Gabriel Figueroa, 46, and Navor Medina, 36, killed, and Francisco Figueroa injured in single-vehicle crash caused by tire blowout on Interstate 55 in Mississippi County, Arkansas

Date: 
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Area: 
Memphis, TN
Three people died and one was injured in a Mississippi County crash on Sunday morning on on Interstate 55. Elva Figurero, 46, Gabriel Figurero, 46, and Navor Medina, 36, were killed in the crash when the SUV they were riding in had a left rear tire blowout. The driver then over corrected, rolled over, and entered a ditch. Two people were pronounced deceased at the crash site, another died at a local hospital. The driver of the vehicle, Francisco Figurero, was taken to a Memphis hospital, and his condition is unknown at this time.  

Cynthia Simmons, 61, killed and three people injured in car accident on icy Interstate 55 in Mississippi County, Arkansas

Date: 
Monday, November 17, 2014
Area: 
Memphis, TN
One woman died and three other people were injured in a four-vehicle crash Monday morning. Cynthia Simmons, 61, of Blytheville was killed in the accident on Interstate 55 at the 67 mile marker just after 4:30 a.m. Latonya Harvey of Blytheville lost control on ice while trying to stop on a bridge. The vehicle Simmons was driving hit Harvey's vehicle and spun onto the shoulder. Another driver, Avery Jackson of Blytheville, also lost control but managed to stop in the right lane. Anthony Green of Sikeston, MO struck Jackson's vehicle and then hit Simmons.

One man killed and one injured in pedestrian accident on Interstate 55 in Jacksonville, Florida

Date: 
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Area: 
Jacksonville, FL
The driver will not be charged with a crime, according to a post made by Jackson police to the social media website Twitter. Neighbors said they've seen crashes before but nothing like this despite the fact that people commonly run across the road. 

Vicky Palacios, 54, Urlike Blopleh, 48, Kimberly Britton, 43, Piper Britton, 11, and Timothy Osburn, 64, killed in multi-vehicle crash with semi truck on Interstate 55 in Elwood on July 21.

Date: 
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Area: 
Chicago, IL

Illinois State Police is reporting four people were killed in an accident on Interstate 55 involving at least one semi-trailer truck and three autos south of Chicago in Will County.

The fatal accident Monday afternoon occurred on I-55 near Arsenal Road in Elwood.

Emergency crews have responded, prompting the rerouting of traffic off the northbound lanes at River Road. An Illinois Department of Transportation spokeswoman says the interstate is expected to be closed at that point for hours.

Anthony G. Hernandez, 16, killed in pedestrian accident on Interstate 55 on July 13.

Date: 
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Area: 
Chicago, IL
The Plainfield teen who was killed early Sunday on Interstate 55 has been identified. An autopsy showed Anthony G. Hernandez, 16, was struck by multiple vehicles at 1:49 a.m. a half-mile south of Black Road. State Trooper Ryan Palmer said Monday crash investigators had not determined why Hernandez was standing in the northbound lanes. Hernandez was initially struck by a Jeep Cherokee, driven by a woman who refused medical treatment, Palmer said. She was not ticketed. Hernandez was pronounced dead at the scene by the Will County Coroner’s office.