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Four-vehicle pileup occurs in work zone

By Steve Bauer
Thursday May 29, 2008

Robert K. O'Daniell

Rescue personnel work to extricate the driver of a pickup truck at an accident scene in the southbound lanes of Interstate 57 just north of the Olympian Drive interchange in Champaign on Wednesday afternoon.

CHAMPAIGN – Four vehicles were involved in a series of collisions on Interstate 57 north of Champaign on Wednesday evening.

State police at District 10, Pesotum, reported the accidents occurred at 4:57 p.m. Wednesday in the southbound lane of I-57 near Olympian Drive as a pickup truck towing a camper rear-ended another truck, resulting in collisions involving two other vehicles. State police reported one injury.

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