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Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Early Tuesday morning around 4:30 a.m. on I-57 near Monee Manhattan Road near Monee, a 1967 Pontiac collided with a Ford truck in the grass median on I-57 in a T-bone collision. One man was in critical condition following the crash, two other people were in fair-to-serious condition, and two people were in good condition. One of the patients was a child. All five were brought to St. James Hospital and Health Centers in Olympia Fields. Check back for updates.

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Saturday, November 15, 2014
An Eastern Illinois University student has died and another was injured in a pickup truck crash on Saturday. The crash occurred near the U.S. Route 45 interchange of Interstate 57 south of Mattoon, Illinois. The pickup truck was heading northbound when it went off the road and overturned. The driver, Jarad Jarmon, was ejected from the truck and hospitalized for injuries in Urbana. The passenger, Samantha Middendorf, was partially ejected and later died from critical injuries. Law enforcement officers say neither was wearing a seatbelt.
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Saturday, October 18, 2014

A 91 year old man injured in car accident on southbound Interstate 57 at milepost 49 in Williamson County, IL, when he turned to use the crossover from the left shoulder, veering into the left lane, causing a Kentworth semi driven by a 50 year old man to rear end his car.  The 91 year old driver was charged with disobeying a traffic control device and inproper lane usage.

 
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Friday, September 12, 2014
Three people were injured in a vehicle accident in Jefferson County. A school bus struck the rear of an SUV which had stopped for construction. The 50-year-old SUV driver, a 40-year-old female and a 14-year-old child were transported to a local hospital. Bus driver Kenneth G. Summers, 54, was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Summers and the school bus passengers were uninjured.
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Friday, June 20, 2014
Illinois State Police have identified the driver of a car that crashed on Interstate 57 early Saturday, killing one of his passengers. Illinois State Police at Pesotum said Brent McCullough, 36, of Rantoul, was given a notice to appear in Champaign County Circuit Court at a later date to face charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and improper lane usage. McCullough's passenger, Eric L. Lowery, 34, of Rantoul, was killed in the crash that happened just before 2 a.m.
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Friday, May 2, 2014

Two people are dead, and seven injured after a crash on Interstate 57 in Mississippi County, MO.

According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, a 2001 Oldsmobile Silhouette was going North on Interstate 57 about 7 miles North of Charleston, Mo, when the vehicle ran off the left side of the road, overcorrected and overturned, ejecting seven occupants at about 10:30 Friday evening.