ISP TRAFFIC CRASH ALERT
The Following Preliminary Information is Being Released by Illinois State Police District 12
WHAT: SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH WITH INJURIES
WHERE: I-70 EASTBOUND MILE POST 147, CLARK COUNTY
WHEN: 01/20/18, 12:51 A.M.
VEHICLES: UNIT #1: WHITE 2014 FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR
DRIVERS: UNIT #1: KARANJIT SINGH, 31, MADERA, CALIFORNIA
PASSENGERS: UNIT #1: TAJINDER SINGH, 21, MADERA, CALIFORNIA
CHARGES: UNIT #1 DRIVER: IMPROPER LANE USAGE
TRANSPORTS: UNIT #1 DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE TRANSPORTED FROM THE SCENE TO REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.
PRELIMINARY: PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION DETAILS, UNIT 1 WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON I-70 NEAR MILE POST 147 IN CLARK COUNTY. UNIT 1 DRIVER STATED HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE CAUSING HIM TO OVERCORRECT THE UNIT. UNIT 1 SWERVED OFF OF THE ROADWAY TO THE RIGHT, STRIKING A GUARD RAIL, AND OVERTURNING. UNIT 1 CAME TO A RESTING POINT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND PARTIALLY IN THE ROADWAY ON ITS SIDE.
All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law
