Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on State Route 76 near Manchester Road in Poplar Grove, Illinois.
What Happened: A tractor-trailer, a box truck, and a passenger vehicle collided under unknown conditions.
Participants:
- Driver of passenger vehicle
- Driver of box truck
- Driver of tractor-trailer
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Two people, vehicle unknown, injured
Details:
On or about Friday, February 4th, 2022, sometime in the morning hours, an accident between a tractor-trailer, a box truck, and a passenger vehicle sent two people to the hospital. Troopers from the ISP said the accident was reported along State Route 76 near the intersection with Manchester Road in Poplar Grove, Illinois.
Investigators said two as-of-yet unidentified individuals were injured when a tractor-trailer, a box truck, and a passenger vehicle collided under unspecified conditions. Emergency responders transported two people from the scene to a nearby hospital with injuries of an unspecified nature or severity. Officials did not specify which vehicle or vehicles the victims were in at the time of the collision.
According to Google Maps, the Poplar Grove is roughly 78 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.
Authorities are still working to pin down all the factors that may have contributed to the accident.