Snow Causes I-57 Wreck

ISP TRAFFIC CRASH ALERT  
 
The Following Preliminary Information is Being Released by Illinois State Police District 12
 
WHAT:  Personal Injury Crash  
 
WHERE:   I-57 S/B at milepost 125, Approximately 9 miles north of Salem
 
WHEN:  02/04/18 at 7:10 PM  
 
VEHICLES:  Unit #1 – White 2011 Freightliner box truck     DRIVER:  Unit #1 – Horacio Ortuno, 55, of Cleveland, OH     PASSENGER: Unit #1 – Christopher A Ortuno, 29, of Cleveland, OH
 
CHARGES:               Driver: Failure to Reduce Speed to Avoid Crash/ Too fast for conditions.     Passenger: Failure to wear Seatbelt.                

PRELIMINARY:   Preliminary investigative details indicate Unit #1 was southbound on I-57 when it lost control on the snow covered roadway.  Unit #1 went off the road to the right and overturned into the right ditch.  Unit #1 came to rest upright facing north.  Driver and passenger of Unit #1 were transported to Salem Township Hospital in Salem, IL.   
 
All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law

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