Child, 2, killed, and Shatroy Williams, 31, injured in rear-end collision with semi truck on Interstate 57 near Ullin, Illinois
Toddler killed in Pulaski County crash
Illinois State Police officials tell News 3 that a semi-truck driven by Garcia Purcella,46, of Texas, was following a van in the northbound lanes of Interstate 57 near Ullin.
The semi crashed into the rear of the van around 6:58.
Two-year-old child killed in overnight crash
The driver of the van, 31-year-old Shatroy Williams of Marion, Illinois had non-life threatening injuries. Another passenger in the van, an unnamed 34-year-old man, was not injured.
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