Gurnee, il truck rear end traffic
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Found the story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...state-tollway-near-gurnee-20160919-story.html
Semi, 6 cars crash, injuring 8 on Tri-State Tollway near Gurnee
Eight people were injured in a multi-vehicle accident involving a semi-truck Monday evening on Interstate 94 inGurnee.
Gurnee Fire Department Battalion Chief, James Pellitteri, said the seven-vehicle crash happened on westbound I-94, just south of Grand Avenue, at approximately 5:40 p.m.
It took the fire department 30 minutes to extricate one of the injured from a vehicle. Pellitteri said that person was sent to Advocate Condell Medical Hospital inLibertyville in critical condition.
A second person who also was extricated from another vehicle sustained minor injuries, Pellitteri said.
A total of six people were sent to Advocate with minor injuries, one in critical condition, and an eighth was was transported to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan with minor injuries.
“There was extensive, heavy damage to the vehicles,” Pellitteri said.
The Illinois State Police is investigating the cause of the crash. -
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That video is pretty damning
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Wow I was thinking fatalities
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Wow. If he was distracted, he sure did a good job of keeping it between the lines, right up to the point of impact. Doesn't appear that he hit the brakes at all.... Many times that indicates a medical condition. Driver may have had a heart attack or something.
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Holy smokes! Some ones brain was not on the job! If the driver was coherent or paying attention they would have at least swerved. Nope they went straight in. YIKES!
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That makes medical issue unlikely imo -- just inattention/relying on peripheral vision.
At this frame, the driver just begins to swerve to his left. Those dashed lines on the highway are usually 10' long with 30' between dashes.Last edited: Sep 21, 2016
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