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Indiana Trucker Injured In I-70 Crash

ILLINOIS STATE POLICE TRAFFIC CRASH ALERT  

 

The Following Preliminary Information is Being Released by

Illinois State Police District 12 

  

WHAT:                      Single Vehicle Personal Injury Traffic Crash

  

WHERE:                   Interstate 70 westbound near milepost 154.5, Clark County

 

WHEN:                      Dec. 1, 2021 at approximately 10:35 a.m.

  

VEHICLE:                Unit 1- 2020 White Freightliner Truck-Tractor Semi-Trailer

 

DRIVER:                   Unit 1- Jaspreet Singh, 34-year-old make from Greenwood, IN – Transported by ambulance to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

                                   

PRELIMINARY:      A preliminary investigation indicates the following occurred: Unit 1 was traveling west on Interstate 70 near milepost 154.5 in Clark County. The driver of Unit 1 lost control and ran off the road to the right and struck a ditch embankment. Unit 1 came to rest in the right ditch. The driver of Unit 1 was transported by ambulance to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

 

CHARGES:               Unit 1 driver was cited for Failure to Reduce Speed to Avoid an Accident and Operating an Uninsured Vehicle.

 

All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.