Sumner Woman Injured In Lawrenceville Wreck

ILLINOIS STATE POLICE TRAFFIC CRASH ALERT 

The Following Preliminary Information is Being Released by Illinois State Police District 12

WHAT:                         Two Unit Traffic Crash with Injury

WHERE:                   4th Street southbound North of Collins Ave (Lawrenceville, IL)

WHEN:                      May 22, 2021 at 10:55 p.m.

VEHICLES:              Unit 1 – Black 2012 GMC Terrain

                                    Unit 2 – White 2005 Chevrolet Silverado (parked, unoccupied)

DRIVERS:                 Unit 1 – Maryann Nusz, 34-year-old female from Sumner, Illinois – (transported to a local area Hospital with non-life threating injuries)      

 

PRELIMINARY:      Preliminary crash investigation indicates Unit 1 was traveling Southbound on 4th Street near Collins Ave., when for unknown reasons Unit 1 ran off of the roadway to the left.  Unit 2 was parked unoccupied in a driveway on 4th Street, when it was struck by Unit 1.  Due to the impact of Unit 1, Unit 2 spun into the Northside of the house.  Unit 1 then, struck the Westside of the house causing extensive damage to the front porch. 

 

CHARGES:               The driver of Unit 1 was charged with Failure to Reduce Speed to avoid a crash and Driving Under the Influence

 

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