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I-74 Crash Injures Two Californians

By on December 1, 2012

TWO MEN FROM CALIFORNIA WERE HURT WHEN THE SEMI-TRUCK THEY WERE IN CRASHED INTO AN OVERPASS ON INTERSTATE 74 NORTH OF GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

 

AUTHORITIES REPORT THAT 54 YEAR OLD KENNETH BARRY WAS DRIVING THE SEMI, WHILE 51 YEAR OLD MARIO MORGAN WAS A PASSENGER. BOTH MEN HAD TO BE CUT OUT OF THE TRACTOR PART OF THE SEMI AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE SAYS BOTH MEN WERE TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL AFTER THE WRECK, AND AT LEAST ONE OF THEM WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED.

THE CRASH TOOK PLACE ON THE EASTBOUND SIDE OF INTERSTATE 74 NEAR MILE MARKER 42 AT AROUND 3:05 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE RIGHT LANE OF THE HIGHWAY WAS CLOSED FOR MORE THAN 5 HOURS AS THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TOOK PLACE.