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MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. — The Harlem-Roscoe Fire Dept was dispatched on Wednesday, April 17, after injuries were reported from two semi trucks that crashed on the I-90 near Machesney Park about 7 miles north of Rockford Illinois.

Photo by Harlem-Roscoe Fire Photographer Sheryl Drost

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FRANKFORT, Ill. — A semi truck overturned in Frankfort, Illinois, this morning after the big rig collided with a car and rolled over into a ditch on the I-80, while the car remained upright on the pavement.

On March 19, 2013 a semi truck rolled over into a ditch after crashing with a passenger vehicle on the westbound I-80 in Frankfort, IL Photo credit: Nick Swedberg

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ALSIP, ILL. — A multi-vehicle accident occurred on Saturday, Jan. 12, when a passenger car rear-ended a semi truck in Alsip, critcally injuring two people.

View of Cicero Ave and 128th Place where a semi truck accident critically injured two people on January 12, 2013 in Alsip, IL. The pair became trapped under the trailer when their Ford Taurus rear-ended the big rig driven by a trucker from McAllen, TX.

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SPRINGFILD, IL — A driver of a Lay’s Potato Chip semi truck lost control on the northbound I-55 crashing through the center median and then into a flat-bed trailer being pulled by a pick-up truck.

Tow truck at the scene of a semi truck accident in Springfield, IL where a Lay's Potato Chip big rig went off the road and down an embankment on April 11, 2012.

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MORRIS, IL – A semi truck driver was killed and another person injured Friday morning, March 23, in a crash involving three tractor trailers near Morris, Illinois.

Fatal tractor trailer crash involving multiple semi trucks on the eastbound I-80 at East 29th Road just west of Morris, IL on Friday, March 23, 2012.

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MARINE, IL – A motorist was killed in a fatal head-on semi truck accident in Marine, IL on Thursday, January 12, 2012.

View facing north on Illinois Route 4 just south of Weber Road (on the right) where a motorist was killed in a fatal head-on collision with a semi truck on January 12, 2012.

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HARTFORD, IL – A 61-year old man was killed on October 11, 2011 when the pickup truck he was driving rear-ended a semi truck in Hartford, IL.

Scene at the entry gate of the ConocoPhillips refinery in Hartford, IL where a 61 year-old man driving a red pickup truck rear-ended an 18 wheeler and was killed on Tuesday, October 11, 2011.

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GLENWOOD, IL – A woman was killed when her vehicle was struck head-on by an 18 wheeler truck on Route 394 in Glenwood, IL on September 2, 2011.

A semi truck crashes head-on into a Ford SUV on Highway 394 in Glenwood, IL on September 2, 2011 shutting down traffic for hours. The vehicle burst into flames, trapping and killing the driver.

Glenwood is located in in Cook County, Illinois in the northeastern part of the state about 28 miles south of Chicago. ... Read More

CHICAGO, IL – A semi truck driver was killed on Wednesday night, Aug 24, in a six vehicle collision in Highland Park, Illinois. Highland Park is a suburb located about 27 miles northwest of Chicago and about 17 miles northeast of Arlington Heights.

Accident scene following a six-vehicle semi truck accident in Highland Park, IL where a big rig driver was killed on Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Photo credit: FOX Chicago News

The accident happened around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday evening at U.S. Route 41 and Half Day Road  and involved four cars and two semi-trucks where one of the truck drivers died at the scene. ... Read More

SAUK VILLAGE, IL – A woman was killed early Wednesday morning, November 3, in a truck accident on a highway in Will County, Illinois. The semi driver was later charged in the deadly collision which occurred at the intersection of Illinois State Route 394 and Steger Road just south of the suburb of Sauk Village, IL. The accident area is in the far south part of the Chicago metro region near the border with Indiana, about 15 miles west of Crown Point, Indiana.

On Wednesday morning 33 year old truck driver Glenn A. Friesen of Goshen, Indiana  was driving a semi trailer truck south on Route 394, traveling through Cook and Will counties. Route 394 is also known as the Calumet Expressway. The semi driver was carrying live stock in the trailer section of his truck. The name of the trucking company that owns the tractor trailer and the destination of the driver are not known at this time. ... Read More