On Tuesday, July 24th a 3 vehicle traffic crash occurred along I-57, southbound in Champaign County. Preliminary details from Illinois State Police District 10 indicate Billie York, 73 of Fairfield, IL (unit 1) was northbound near milepost 232.5 when his vehicle suffered an equipment malfunction causing him to travel through the center median and resting in the southbound lanes. Meanwhile, Tiara Wyatt, 28, of Charleston, IL (unit 2) was behind unit 1 in the NB lane, and attempting to avoid collision traveled through the median and collided with a trailer driven by James Dunn, 74, of Millington, TN (unit 3) who was traveling southbound.
Wyatt was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries, and York and Dunn remained uninjured. No citations were issued.
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